Elis
Americannoun
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an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
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the capital of this country.
noun
Example Sentences
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Pressure’s been around the Olympics since Coroebus of Elis scampered in his bare feet, and we’re more sensitive to it now, especially its corrosive effects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Presenter and comedian Elis James delivered a eulogy, saying that Daniel's death "devastated the whole family and the whole community", coming seven years after the "horror" of Bradford.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Leicester hooker Elis Martin will make her first Scotland start and Louise McMillan earns her 50th cap as she returns to the starting line-up in the only other change.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024
“Unfortunately, we’ve had a history in which events in the Middle East sometimes spill over into the streets here and flare up here,” said Niv Elis, the group’s associate vice president of external communications.
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023
Elis experiment belonged to a different world entirely—a world light-years ahead of the floating disks and squat cylinders previous ancient authorities had imagined our planet to be.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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