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Ellas

American  
[e-lahs] / ɛˈlɑs /

noun

  1. Modern Greek name of Greece.


Ellás British  
/ ɛˈlas /

noun

  1. transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Greece

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Ellas son las Madrinas de Salud, dice Bendito-Zepeda, y tienen una misión simple, pero de enormes proporciones: ayudar a vacunar a tantos latinos en los condados de Chelan y Douglas como sea posible.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

“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

The tour concluded at Kafeneio Oraia Ellas, a coffee shop off Monastiraki Square, with a proper Greek coffee service, the coffee arriving in a briki, part of the Turkish influence on this country.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020

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

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