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   Greek

   /ɡrēk/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to Greece, its people, or their language.

   noun

   • 1. a native or inhabitant of modern Greece, or a person of Greek descent.
   • ▪ a Greek-speaking person in the ancient world, especially a native of one of the city states of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
   • 2. the ancient or modern language of Greece, the only representative of the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family.
   • 3. a member of a fraternity or sorority having a Greek-letter name. US

   Word Origin Old EnglishGrēcas ‘the Greeks’, from Latin Graeci, the name given by the Romans to the people who called themselves the Hellenes, from Greek Graikoi, which according to Aristotle was the prehistoric name of the Hellenes.

   Derivatives

   • 1. Greekness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • K

     5

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