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Panhellenic

American  
[pan-huh-len-ik, -lee-nik] / ˌpæn həˈlɛn ɪk, -ˈli nɪk /
Or panhellenic

adjective

  1. of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.

  2. of, relating to, or noting collegiate fraternities and sororities.


Panhellenic British  
/ ˌpænhɛˈlɛnɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to all the Greeks, all Greece, or Panhellenism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Panhellenic

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Hellenic

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The prospects of New Democracy, the center-left Syriza party or the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK, teaming up in some combination to form a coalition government also is considered extremely unlikely by politicians and pundits.

From Washington Times Apr. 22, 2023

The Panhellenic Federation of Railway Employees declared a 24-hour strike, so no trains were running on Thursday in Greece.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

Sorority leaders were evaluating the decision by fraternities to disaffiliate, said Valeria Hernandez Echegaray, vice president of public relations for the USC Panhellenic Council, which represents nearly a dozen campus sorority chapters.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2022

Returning to Greece in 1974, Papoulias was a founder member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and was elected to the Greek Parliament from 1977 to 2004.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2021

The intrigues of Themistocles and Pausanias had prevented that Panhellenic union, so necessary for the full development of political power, and which was for a time promoted by the Persian war.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

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