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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

Example Sentences

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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

“Without more information, we can’t speak to the details of the situation at USC,” said Dani Weatherford, chief executive of the National Panhellenic Council.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2022

Paytan Murray, the president of the University of Washington Panhellenic Association, spoke in favor of the bill on behalf of the UW’s 18 sororities.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022

It is the super-terrestrial splendour of the lyrical phraseology which satisfied the Greek imagination, lifted into transport by the ardour, joy, and triumph, of those Panhellenic Games.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

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