ellas

1. 1.

   a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil

   SynonymsGreeceHellenic Republic

   BroaderBalkan country

   Part ofEuropeEuropean UnionNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization

   PartsAchaeaAeginaChiosCycladesDodecaneseDoris

Other forms of ellas

plural

ellases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ellas

What does ellas mean?

ellas means "a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil".

How many syllables are in ellas?

ellas has 2 syllables: el-las. The stress falls on "el".

What is another word for ellas?

Close synonyms include Greece, Hellenic Republic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ellas a common word?

ellas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.