E.L.A.S.

American  

Or ELAS

abbreviation

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

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Etymology

Origin of E.L.A.S.

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

Example Sentences

The two Greek guerrilla forces �E.D.E.S. and E.L.A.S. �had promised cooperation.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in 1942 two mutually suspicious Greek guerrilla detachments�one made up of E.D.E.S. nationalists and the other of E.L.A.S.

From Time Magazine Archive