Hellenic
Americanadjective
noun
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Also called Greek. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, comprising a variety of ancient, medieval, and modern dialects and languages, all of them called Greek.
adjective
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of or relating to the ancient or modern Greeks or their language
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of or relating to ancient Greece or the Greeks of the classical period (776–323 bc ) Compare Hellenistic
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another word for Greek
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Hellenic
First recorded in 1635–45; from Greek Hellēnikós “of, pertaining to the Greeks”; see Hellene, -ic
Example Sentences
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“It’s a double whammy,” said Spoerel of Pan Hellenic Foods.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The broader region is crisscrossed by active fault lines created as the African Plate presses northeastward against the Hellenic Plate.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
The Hellenic Olympic Committee has hit out at criticism of the sponsorship of the historic Panathenaic Stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, as "petty" politics that "undermines" its work.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Greece’s Hellenic Police announced the arrests on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025
Bunny, through no impulse toward Hellenic purity but simply out of mean-spiritedness, championed this view.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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