Hellenic
Americanadjective
noun
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Also called Greek. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, comprising a variety of ancient, medieval, and modern dialects and languages, all of them called Greek.
adjective
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of or relating to the ancient or modern Greeks or their language
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of or relating to ancient Greece or the Greeks of the classical period (776–323 bc ) Compare Hellenistic
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another word for Greek
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Hellenic
First recorded in 1635–45; from Greek Hellēnikós “of, pertaining to the Greeks”; see Hellene, -ic
Example Sentences
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“It’s a double whammy,” said Spoerel of Pan Hellenic Foods.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Santorini sits in the eastern Mediterranean within the Hellenic volcanic arc, one of Europe's most geologically active regions.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
The Hellenic Olympic Committee has hit out at criticism of the sponsorship of the historic Panathenaic Stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, as "petty" politics that "undermines" its work.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Now a prosecutor at the naval appeal court in Piraeus has recommended that the current head of the Hellenic coastguard, Vice Adm Tryfon Kontizas, and three other senior officers should go on trial.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
No wonder that Angeliki Simosi, the director of the Hellenic Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, exclaimed, “The ship that sank at Antikythera was not merely a cargo ship. It was essentially a floating museum.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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