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54 relations: Achelous River, Administrative regions of Greece, Aegean Sea, Aetolia-Acarnania, Agrinio, Area, Arvanites, Athens, Attica (region), Boeotia, Byzantine Greeks, Central Greece (region), Chalcis, Clarinet, Epirus (region), Euboea, Euboea (regional unit), Evinos, Evrytania, Geographic regions of Greece, Greece, Greek dances, Greek War of Independence, Gulf of Corinth, Height, Ionian Sea, Lake, Lake Lysimachia, Lake Trichonida, Lamia (city), Livadeia, Mornos, Mount Giona, Mount Oeta, Mount Parnassus, Mountain, Number, Ottoman Empire, Ozeros, Peloponnese, Phocis, Phthiotis, Prefectures of Greece, Rûm, Regional units of Greece, Rumelia, Spercheios, Thebes, Greece, Thessaly, Tsamiko, ..., Turkish language, Tymfristos, Vardousia, Western Greece. Expand index (4 more) »
Achelous River
The Achelous (Αχελώος, Ἀχελῷος Akhelôios), also Acheloos, is a river in western Greece.
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Administrative regions of Greece
The administrative regions of Greece (περιφέρειες, peripheries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally prefectures and, since 2011, regional units.
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Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.
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Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania (Αιτωλοακαρνανία, Aitoloakarnanía) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Agrinio
Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο,, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants.
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Area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional figure or shape, or planar lamina, in the plane.
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Arvanites
Arvanites (Αρβανίτες, Arvanítes; Arvanitika: Arbëreshë / Αρbε̰ρεσ̈ε̰ or Arbërorë) are a bilingual population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a dialect of the Albanian language, along with Greek.
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Athens
Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.
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Attica (region)
Attica Region (Περιφέρεια Αττικής, Periféria Attikís) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire metropolitan area of Athens, the country's capital and largest city.
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Boeotia
Boeotia, sometimes alternatively Latinised as Boiotia, or Beotia (Βοιωτία,,; modern transliteration Voiotía, also Viotía, formerly Cadmeis), is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Byzantine Greeks
The Byzantine Greeks (or Byzantines) were the Greek or Hellenized people of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire) during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages who spoke medieval Greek and were Orthodox Christians.
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Central Greece (region)
Central Greece Region (Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Periféreia Stereás Elládas, properly translated as "Region of Continental Greece") is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece.
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Chalcis
Chalcis (Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: Χαλκίς, Chalkís) or Chalkida (Modern Χαλκίδα) is the chief town of the island of Euboea in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point.
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Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments.
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Epirus (region)
Epirus (Ήπειρος, Ípeiros), is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece.
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Euboea
Euboea or Evia; Εύβοια, Evvoia,; Εὔβοια, Eúboia) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece. In general outline it is a long and narrow island; it is about long, and varies in breadth from to. Its geographic orientation is from northwest to southeast, and it is traversed throughout its length by a mountain range, which forms part of the chain that bounds Thessaly on the east, and is continued south of Euboea in the lofty islands of Andros, Tinos and Mykonos. It forms most of the regional unit of Euboea, which also includes Skyros and a small area of the Greek mainland.
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Euboea (regional unit)
Euboea (Περιφερειακή ενότητα Εύβοιας) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Evinos
The Evinos (Εύηνος) is a 92 km long river in western Greece, flowing into the Gulf of Patras.
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Evrytania
Evrytania (Ευρυτανία,; Latin: Eurytania) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Geographic regions of Greece
The traditional geographic regions of Greece (γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, literally "geographic departments") are the country's main historical-geographic regions, and were also official administrative regional subdivisions of Greece until the 1987 administrative reform.
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Greece
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Greek dances
Greek dance (horos) is a very old tradition, being referred to by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.
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Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση, Elliniki Epanastasi, or also referred to by Greeks in the 19th century as the Αγώνας, Agonas, "Struggle"; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı, "Greek Uprising"), was a successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830.
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Gulf of Corinth
The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf (Κορινθιακός Kόλπος, Korinthiakόs Kόlpos) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece.
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Height
Height is the measure of vertical distance, either how "tall" something or someone is, or how "high" the position is.
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Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea (Ιόνιο Πέλαγος,, Mar Ionio,, Deti Jon) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea.
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Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
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Lake Lysimachia
Lysimachia (Λυσιμαχία) is a lake in Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece.
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Lake Trichonida
Lake Trichonida (Λίμνη Τριχωνίδα - Limni Trichonida, Ancient Greek: Λίμην Τριχωνίς - limen Trichonis) is the largest natural lake in Greece.
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Lamia (city)
Lamia (Λαμία, Lamía) is a city in central Greece.
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Livadeia
Livadeia (Λιβαδειά Livadiá,; Ancient Greek: Λεβάδεια, Lebadeia) is a town in central Greece.
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Mornos
The Mornos (Μόρνος) is a river in Phocis and Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece.
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Mount Giona
Mount Giona (Γκιώνα, also transliterated as Gkiona) is a mountain in Phocis, Central Greece.
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Mount Oeta
Mount Oeta (Οίτη, polytonic Οἴτη, Oiti, also transcribed as Oite) is a mountain in Central Greece.
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Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus (Παρνασσός, Parnassos) is a mountain of limestone in central Greece that towers above Delphi, north of the Gulf of Corinth, and offers scenic views of the surrounding olive groves and countryside.
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Mountain
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
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Number
A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure and also label.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
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Ozeros
Lake Ozeros (Οζερός, Λίμνη Οζερού) is a lake located west of Agrinio.
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Peloponnese
The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnisos) is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece.
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Phocis
Phocis (Φωκίδα,, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Phthiotis
Phthiotis (Φθιώτιδα, Fthiótida,; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Prefectures of Greece
During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures (translit) were the country's main administrative unit.
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Rûm
Rûm, also transliterated as Roum or Rhum (in Koine Greek Ῥωμαῖοι, Rhomaioi, meaning "Romans"; in Arabic الرُّومُ ar-Rūm; in Persian and Ottoman Turkish روم Rûm; in Rum), is a generic term used at different times in the Muslim world to refer to.
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Regional units of Greece
The 74 regional units (περιφερειακές ενότητες, perifereiakés enóti̱tes, sing.) are administrative units of Greece.
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Rumelia
Rumelia (روم ايلى, Rūm-ėli; Rumeli), also known as Turkey in Europe, was a historical term describing the area in southeastern Europe that was administered by the Ottoman Empire, mainly the Balkan Peninsula.
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Spercheios
The Spercheios (Sperkheiós), also known as the Spercheus from its Latin name, is a river in Phthiotis in central Greece.
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Thebes, Greece
Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai,;. Θήβα, Thíva) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece.
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Thessaly
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία, Thessalía; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.
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Tsamiko
The Tsamikos (Τσάμικος, Tsamikos) or Kleftikos (Κλέφτικος) is a popular traditional folk dance of Greece, done to music of 3/4 meter.
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Turkish language
Turkish, also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 10–15 million native speakers in Southeast Europe (mostly in East and Western Thrace) and 60–65 million native speakers in Western Asia (mostly in Anatolia).
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Tymfristos
Tymfristos (Τυμφρηστός) is a mountain in the eastern part of Evrytania and the western part of Phthiotis, Greece.
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Vardousia
Vardousia (Βαρδούσια) is a mountain in northwestern Phocis and southwestern Phthiotis, Greece.
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Western Greece
Western Greece Region (Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece.
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Continental Greece, Roumeliotes, Southern Greece, Sterea Ellada, Sterea Hellas.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Greece
