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Hellas
1[ hel-uhs ]
noun
- an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
Hellas
2[ hel-uhs, e-lahs ]
noun
- ancient Greek name of Greece.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hellas1
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Example Sentences
Mona—Mona—heaven above and all the gods of hell and Hellas, what a fool, what a fool I've been!
None of the greater gods of Hellas are winged like the tutelar gods of the Assyrians and Persians were.
Ellan or Hellan was alternatively entitled Hellas, and in Greek the word allos meant “the one”.
When once they were written, copies were made, and the rest of Hellas adopted these for their public purposes.
On the whole, however, their state is merely a caricature of the polls, a corruption of Hellas.
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