E.L.A.S.

or ELAS

abbreviation for

1. Hellenic People's Army of Liberation, the military organization of the EAM: Greek resistance force in World War II.

Word History and Origins

Origin of E.L.A.S.¹

First recorded in 1943; from Modern Greek E(thnikòs) L(aikòs) A(peleutherōtikòs) S(tratós)