mainland Greece

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• Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …   Universalium

• Greece, history of — ▪ Byzantine to modern Introduction       history of the area from the Byzantine (Byzantine Empire) period, beginning about AD 300, to the present. For earlier periods, see Aegean civilizations; ancient Greek civilization; and Hellenistic Age.… …   Universalium

• Greece — Infobox Country native name = Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Ellīnikī Dīmokratía conventional long name = Hellenic Republic common name = Greece symbol type = Coat of arms image coat caption = Coat of arms map caption = map caption |location color=dark… …   Wikipedia

• Mainland — This article is about the geomorphological/geopolitical term. For the cheese brand owned by Fonterra, see Mainland (cheese). For the episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, see The Mainland (Father Ted). For the town in Western Australia, see …   Wikipedia

• Greece — • History of the country and church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Greece     Greece     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• mainland — main‧land [ˈmeɪnlənd, lænd] noun the mainland the main area of land that forms a country, rather than the islands near to it that are also part of it: • Continental Airlines serves Hawaii from the mainland. mainland adjective [only before a noun] …   Financial and business terms

• GREECE — (Heb. יָוָן, Yavan), country in S.E. Europe. SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (TO 330 C.E.) Although the earliest known Jews on the Greek mainland are to be found only from the third century B.C.E., it is highly probable that Jews traveled or were forcibly… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Greece in 5th century BC — The period of the 5th century BC in classical Greece is generally considered as beginning in 500 and ending in 404, though this is debated. This century is essentially studied from the Athenian viewpoint, since Athens has left us more narratives …   Wikipedia

• Greece —    Estimated Gypsy population: 350,000. At an early date, Gypsies were recorded on the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. By 1384 Gypsy shoemakers were established on the mainland of Greece in Modon (then a part of the Venetian empire), and by …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• mainland — /mayn land , leuhnd/, n. 1. the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula: the mainland of Greece. 2. (in Hawaii) the 48 contiguous states of the U.S. [1325 75; ME; see MAIN1, LAND] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

• GREECE —    (2,187), a kingdom of S. Europe occupying the southern portion of a peninsula which projects into the Mediterranean between the peninsula of Italy and the mainland of Turkey in Asia; the N. is bounded by Turkey in Europe; it is made up of the… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia