Elis

[ ee-lis ]

noun
  1. an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.

  2. the capital of this country.

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How to use Elis in a sentence

  • Nestor's kingdom is on the western side of the Peloponnesos, to the south of Elis.

    The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for Elis

Elis

/ (ˈiːlɪs) /


noun
  1. an ancient city-state of SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese: site of the ancient Olympic games

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