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Greece
- Type: Country with 11,300,000 residents
- Description: country in Southeast Europe
- Languages: Greek, English and French
- Neighbors: Albania, Bulgaria, Middle East, North Macedonia and Turkey
- Categories: sovereign state, unitary state, Mediterranean country, social state, Rechtsstaat, OECD country and locality
- Location: Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of centre
38.72° or 38° 43' 12" northLongitude of centre
23.07° or 23° 4' 12" eastPopulation
11,300,000Area
131,940 km² (50,942 miles²)Elevation
644 metres (2,113 feet)Capital
AthensCurrency
Euro (EUR)Phone code
.grInternet domain
30OpenStreetMap ID
node 432424989OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
390903Wikidata ID
Q41Greece Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Legrig
- Abkhazian: Бырзентәыла
- Achinese: Yunani
- Adyghe: Урымые
- Afar: Greciya
- Afrikaans: Griekeland
- Akan: Greece
- Akan: Greekman
- Albanian: Greqi
- Albanian: Greqia
- Amharic: Greece
- Amharic: ግሪክ
- Amis: Greece
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ἑλλάς
- Angika: ग्रीस
- Arabic: Gresya
- Arabic: اليونان
- Arabic: يونان
- Aragonese: Grecia
- Aragonese: Grezia
- Armenian: Հունաստան
- Armenian: Յունաստան
- Arpitan: Grèce
- Arpitan: Grèça
- Assamese: গ্ৰীচ
- Asturian: Grecia
- Atayal: Greece
- Avaric: Ellasa
- Avaric: Герек
- Avaric: Греция
- Awadhi: यूनान
- Aymara: Grisya
- Azerbaijani: Ellada
- Azerbaijani: Ellin Respublikası
- Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan
- Azerbaijani: Yunanıstan Respublikası
- Balinese: Yunani
- Bambara: Gɛrɛsi
- Bashkir: Греция
- Basque: Grezia
- Bavarian: Griachaland
- Belarusian: Грэцыя
- Belarusian: Эляда
- Bengali: এলাদা
- Bengali: গ্রিক
- Bengali: গ্রিস
- Bengali: গ্রীক
- Bengali: গ্রীস
- Bengali: হেলাস
- Bengali: হেলেনিক প্রজাতন্ত্র
- Bhojpuri: ग्रीस
- Bhojpuri: युनान
- Bhojpuri: यूनान
- Bishnupriya: গ্রীস
- Bislama: Greece
- Bosnian: Grčka
- Breton: Gres
- Bulgarian: Гърция
- Bulgarian: Република Гърция
- Burmese: ဂရိ
- Burmese: ဂရိနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Elláda
- Catalan: Grècia
- Catalan: Hellás
- Catalan: República Hel·lènica
- Cebuano: Gresya
- Central Bikol: Gresya
- Central Kurdish: ئێلادا
- Central Kurdish: یونان
- Central Kurdish: یۆنان
- Central Kurdish: یۆنانستان
- Chamorro: Grecia
- Chavacano: Grecia
- Chechen: Греци
- Chechen: Желтойчоь
- Cherokee: ᎪᎢᎯ
- Chinese: Hi-lia̍p
- Chinese: Xīlà
- Chinese: 太陽岩石之地
- Chinese: 太陽岩石共和国
- Chinese: 希倫共和国
- Chinese: 希腊/希臘
- Chinese: 希腊
- Chinese: 希腊共和国
- Chinese: 希臘
- Chinese: 希臘共和國
- Chinese: 陽岩共和国
- Church Slavic: Грьци
- Chuvash: Греци
- Cornish: Pow Grek
- Corsican: Grecia
- Corsican: Republica Ellenica
- Corsican: Ripublica Ellenica
- Crimean Tatar: Yunanistan
- Croatian: Grčka
- Croatian: Republika Grčka
- Czech: Řecko
- Dagbani: Greece
- Danish: Grækenland
- Dhivehi: ޔޫނާން
- Dimli (individual language): Yunanıstan
- Dotyali: ग्रीस
- Dutch: GR
- Dutch: GRC
- Dutch: Griekenland
- Dzongkha: གིརིསི་
- Dzongkha: གིརིས྄
- Dzongkha: གྲྀས
- Eastern Mari: Греций
- Egyptian Arabic: اليونان
- English: Ellada
- English: GRE
- English: Greek
- English: Greek Republic
- English: Hellas
- English: Hellenic Republic
- English: el
- English: gr
- Erzya: Греция Мастор
- Esperanto: Grekio
- Esperanto: Grekujo
- Esperanto: Helena Respubliko
- Estonian: Kreeka
- Ewe: Greece
- Ewe: Greece nutome
- Extremaduran: Grecia
- Extremaduran: Grécia
- Faroese: Grikkaland
- Fiji Hindi: Greece
- Finnish: Hellas
- Finnish: Helleenien tasavalta
- Finnish: Kreikan tasavalta
- Finnish: Kreikka
- French: GR
- French: Grèce
- French: République hellénique
- Friulian: Grecie
- Fulah: Gerees
- Fulah: Yunan
- Gagauz: Grețiya
- Galician: Grecia - Ελλάδα
- Galician: Grecia
- Galician: ىۊنان
- Gan Chinese: 希臘
- Ganda: Bugereeki/Buyonaani
- Ganda: Buyonaani
- Georgian: საბერძნეთი
- German: GR
- German: GRC
- German: Griechenland
- German: Hellas
- German: Hellenische Republik
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Greece
- Gilaki: ىۊنان
- Goan Konkani: Greece
- Goan Konkani: ग्रीस
- Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Greek (Historic): Vasilion tis Ellados
- Greek (Historic): Ελλάς
- Greek: Ellinikí Dhimokratía
- Greek: Ellinikí Dimokratía
- Greek: Elláda
- Greek: Ellás
- Greek: GR
- Greek: Δημοκρατία της Ελλάδας
- Greek: Δημοκρατία της Ελλάδος
- Greek: Ελλάδα
- Greek: Ελλάς
- Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
- Guarani: Gyresia
- Guarani: Gyrésia
- Guianese Creole French: Grès
- Gujarati: ગ્રીસ
- Haitian: Grès
- Hakka Chinese: Hî-lia̍p
- Hausa: Girka
- Hausa: Greek
- Hausa: Helene
- Hausa: Hî-lia̍p
- Hawaiian: Helene
- Hawaiian: Lepupalika o Helene
- Hebrew: יוון
- Hindi: यूनान
- Hungarian: Görögország
- Icelandic: Grikkland
- Ido: Grekia
- Igbo: Greece
- Iloko: Gresia
- Inari Sami: Kreika täsiväldi
- Inari Sami: Kreikka
- Indonesian: Yunani
- Ingush: Эллада
- Interlingua: Grecia
- Interlingue: Grecia
- Irish: An Ghréig
- Irish: Gréig
- Irish: Poblacht Heilléanach
- Irish: Poblacht Heilléineach
- Irish: an Ghréig
- Italian: Grecia
- Italian: Repubblica Ellenica
- Jamaican Creole English: Griis
- Japanese: ギリシア
- Japanese: ギリシャ
- Japanese: ギリシャ共和国
- Javanese: Grikenlan
- Javanese: Yunani
- Kabardian: Алыджей
- Kabiyè: Krɛsɩ
- Kabuverdianu: Grésia
- Kabyle: Legrig
- Kalaallisut: Grækenlandi
- Kalaallisut: Grækerit Nunaat
- Kalmyk: Грисин Орн
- Kalo Finnish Romani: Greekako them
- Kalo Finnish Romani: Kreekako them
- Kannada: ಗ್ರೀಸ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Gretsiya
- Karachay-Balkar: Греция
- Kashmiri: گریٖس
- Kashubian: Greckô
- Kazakh: Грекия
- Khmer: ក្រិក
- Khmer: ក្រិច
- Kikuyu: Ngiriki
- Kikuyu: Ugiriki
- Kinyarwanda: Ubugereki
- Kirghiz: Греция
- Komi-Permyak: Эллада
- Komi: Эллада
- Kongo: Gelesi
- Korean: 그리스
- Kotava: Ellasa
- Kurdish: Grekistan
- Kurdish: Yewnanistan
- Kurdish: یۆنان
- Kölsch: Jrihscheland
- Ladin: Grecia
- Ladino: Gresia
- Lao: Gresia
- Lao: ກຣີຊ
- Lao: ປະເທດກະແລັດ
- Latgalian: Grekeja
- Latin: Graecia
- Latvian: Grieķija
- Lezghian: Греция
- Ligurian: Greçia
- Ligurian: Grêcia
- Limburgan: Griekeland
- Lingala: Geleki
- Lingala: Gresi
- Lingua Franca Nova: Elas
- Literary Chinese: 希臘共和國
- Lithuanian: Graikija
- Liv: Grīekmō
- Livvi: Gretsii
- Livvi: Griekanmua
- Lojban: xesygu'e
- Lombard: Grecia
- Low German: Grekenland
- Low German: Griekenlaand
- Lower Sorbian: Grichiska
- Luba-Katanga: Ngeleka
- Lule Sami: Grehka
- Lule Sami: Greklánnda
- Luxembourgish: Griicheland
- Macedo-Romanian: Gârția
- Macedo-Romanian: Gãrtsia
- Macedonian: Грција
- Madurese: Yunani
- Maithili: यूनान
- Malagasy: Gresy
- Malagasy: Grisy
- Malay: Greece
- Malay: Yunani
- Malayalam: ഗ്രീസ്
- Maltese: Greċja
- Maltese: Repubblika Ellenika
- Maltese: il-Greċja
- Manipuri: ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯁ
- Manx: Yn Ghreag
- Maori: Kirihi
- Marathi: ग्रीस
- Mazanderani: یونان
- Min Dong Chinese: Hĭ-lé-nà̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Hi-lia̍p
- Mingrelian: საბერძნეთი
- Mirandese: Grécia
- Moksha: Грекмастор
- Mongolian: Грек
- Mongolian: ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯁ
- Moroccan Arabic: ليونان
- Mossi: Greece
- Narom: Grêce
- Nauru: Grit
- Navajo: Dahojiyáanii Bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Grecia
- Nepali: ग्रिस
- Nepali: ग्रीस
- Nepali: यूनान
- Newari: ग्रीस
- North Ndebele: Greece
- Northern Frisian: Grekenlun
- Northern Luri: یوٙنان
- Northern Sami: Greika
- Northern Sami: Greikka dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Hellas
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den hellenske republikk
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grekenland
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hellas
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Hellas
- Novial: Grekia
- Nyanja: Greece
- Occitan (post 1500): Grècia
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܝܘܢ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܝܘܢܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Crēcland
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Grecland
- Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀସ
- Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀସ୍
- Oromo: Giriik
- Ossetian: Грекъ
- Pali: ग्रीस (यूनान)
- Pampanga: Elenikung Republika
- Pampanga: Gresia
- Pampanga: Gresiya
- Pampanga: Gresya
- Pampanga: Republikang Eleniku
- Pampanga: Republika ning Gresya
- Pangasinan: Gresia
- Panjabi: ਗ੍ਰੀਸ
- Panjabi: ਯੂਨਾਨ
- Papiamento: Gresia
- Pedi: Greece
- Pennsylvania German: Griechenlen
- Persian: یون، یوعون، یوعوآن
- Persian: یونان
- Picard: Grèche
- Piemontese: Grecia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Griese
- Polish: Grecja
- Polish: Hellada
- Polish: Republika Grecka
- Pontic: Ελλάδα
- Portuguese: Grécia
- Portuguese: República Helênica
- Pushto: يونان
- Pushto: یونان
- Quechua: Grecia
- Quechua: Grisya
- Quechua: Qirisya
- Romanian: Grecia
- Romanian: Гречия
- Romansh: Grezia
- Rundi: Grecia
- Rundi: Ubugereki
- Rundi: Ubugiriki
- Russia Buriat: Грек
- Russia Buriat: Греци
- Russian: Греция
- Russian: Греческая Республика
- Russian: Эллада
- Rusyn: Ґреція
- Sakizaya: Greece
- Samoan: Eleni
- Samoan: Kuliti
- Samogitian: Graikėjė
- Sango: Gerêsi
- Sanskrit: यवनदेशः
- Santali: ᱜᱽᱨᱤᱠ
- Saraiki: گریس
- Sardinian: Grèghia
- Saterfriesisch: Griechenlound
- Scots: Greece
- Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghreug
- Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghrèig
- Scottish Gaelic: A Ghrèig
- Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghreug
- Serbian: Grčka
- Serbian: Грчка
- Serbo-Croatian: Grčka
- Serbo-Croatian: Jrihscheland
- Serbo-Croatian: Lyunan
- Shan: မိူင်းၵရိတ်ႈ
- Shona: Greece
- Shona: Vugiriki
- Sicilian: Grecia
- Silesian: Greckŏ Republika
- Silesian: Grecyjŏ
- Sindhi: يونان
- Sinhala: ග් රීසිය
- Sinhala: ග්රීසිය
- Skolt Sami: Greikkajânnam
- Skolt Sami: Helleeʹni tääʹssväʹldd
- Skolt Sami: Kreikka
- Skolt Sami: Kreikka tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Grécka republika
- Slovak: Grécko
- Slovenian: Grčija
- Slovenian: Helada
- Slovenian: Helenska republika
- Somali: Giriig
- Somali: Giriiga
- South Azerbaijani: یونان
- Southern Sami: Greeklaante
- Spanish: Grecia
- Spanish: Hellás
- Spanish: Hélade
- Spanish: Republica Helenica
- Spanish: República Helénica
- Sranan Tongo: Grikikondre
- Sundanese: Yunani
- Swahili: Ugiriki
- Swati: IGrikhi
- Swedish: Grekland
- Swedish: Hellas
- Swedish: Hellenska republiken
- Swedish: Republiken Grekland
- Swiss German: Griecheland
- Tachelhit: Lyunan
- Tagalog: Greece
- Tagalog: Gresya
- Tahitian: Herēni
- Tajik: Юнон
- Talysh: Yunanıston
- Tamil: கிரீசு
- Tamil: கிரீஸ்
- Tamil: கிரேக்கக் குடியரசு
- Tamil: கிரேக்க நாடு
- Tamil: கிரேக்கம்
- Tamil: கிறீஸ்
- Taroko: Greece
- Tatar: Греция
- Telugu: గ్రీకు
- Telugu: గ్రీక్
- Telugu: గ్రీస్
- Tetum: Grésia
- Thai: Greece
- Thai: Hellenic Republic
- Thai: กรีซ
- Thai: ประเทศกรีซ
- Thai: สาธารณรัฐเฮลเลนิก
- Thai: เฮลเลนิก
- Tibetan: ཀེ་རི་སི།
- Tibetan: གྷི་རཱི་སི།
- Tigrinya: ግሪክ
- Tok Pisin: Gris
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kalisi
- Tosk Albanian: Griechenland
- Tsonga: Greece
- Tumbuka: Greece
- Tunisian Arabic: اليونان
- Turkish: Helen Cumhuriyeti
- Turkish: Yunanistan
- Turkish: Yunanistan Cumhuriyeti
- Turkmen: Gresiýa
- Twi: Hela
- Tyap: Helat
- Udmurt: Греция
- Uighur: گرېتسىيە
- Uighur: گىرېتسىيە
- Ukrainian: Греція
- Upper Sorbian: Grjekska
- Urdu: یونان
- Uzbek: Ellada
- Uzbek: Gretsiya
- Uzbek: Yunoniston
- Venetian: Gresa
- Venetian: Gresia
- Venetian: Repùblega Ełenega
- Veps: Grekanma
- Vietnamese: Hi Lạp
- Vietnamese: Hy Lạp
- Vlaams: Grieknland
- Vlax Romani: Yelenistan
- Volapük: Grikän
- Võro: Kreeka
- Walloon: Grece
- Waray (Philippines): Gresya
- Welsh: Groeg
- Welsh: Gwlad Groeg
- Western Armenian: Յունաստան
- Western Balochi: یونان
- Western Frisian: Grikelân
- Western Panjabi: یونان
- Wolof: Gerees
- Wolof: Girees
- Wu Chinese: 希腊
- Xhosa: Grisi
- Yakut: Греция
- Yiddish: גריכנלאַנד
- Yiddish: גריכנלאנד
- Yoruba: Geriisi
- Yoruba: Gríìsì
- Yoruba: Gíríìsì
- Yue Chinese: 希臘
- Zeeuws: Griek'nland
- Zhuang: Sihla
- Zulu: IGreki
- Zulu: i-Greece
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