Ellas
noun
Modern Greek name of Greece.
Ellas
American
[e-lahs]
/ ɛˈlɑs /
noun
Ellás
British
/ ɛˈlas /
noun
Example Sentences
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Häkkinen's a step below her fellow Ellas, after joining the McLaren programme last year aged 14, but already feels right at home.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
“Boleros De Noche” L.A.-based trio Ellas and sibling duo Las Hermanas García from Guerrero, Mexico, perform in this virtual celebration of Latin American bolero music.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2021
Diddley was born Otha Ellas Bates on this day in 1928 in McComb, Miss., and died in 2008.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2015
Born Otha Ellas Bates in Mississippi, Diddley moved to Chicago as a child and learned to make violins and guitars in vocational school before dropping out to play music.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most respectable characters of the age, Sir William Dugdale, Ellas Ashmole, Dr. Grew, and others, were members of an astrological club.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
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