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| Aegean Sea |
the part of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between the countries of Greece and Turkey. |
| Albania |
a country in southeastern Europe. Albania borders on the Adriatic Sea, and Greece is one of its neighbors. Tirane is the capital of Albania. |
| Athens |
the capital city of Greece, in modern and ancient times. |
| Balkan Peninsula |
a European peninsula between the Adriatic Sea on the west and the Black and Aegean Seas on the east. Some of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula are Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. |
| classic |
(plural) the literature of ancient Greece or Rome. [1/4 definitions] |
| EU |
abbreviation of "European Union," an economic and political union of a large number of democratic countries in Europe. Formed in 1993, this union makes trading between the different countries easier and allows freer movement of people from country to country than existed before. The union currently consists of the countries of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The United Kingdom had been a member of the European Union but left in 2020. |
| European Union |
an economic and political union of a large number of democratic countries in Europe. Formed in 1993, this union makes trading between the different countries easier and allows freer movement of people from country to country than existed before. The union currently consists of the countries of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The United Kingdom had been a member of the European Union but left in 2020. |
| Greece |
a country in southern Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. Athens is the capital of Greece. |
| Greek |
of or having to do with Greece, or its people, culture, or language. [2/3 definitions] |
| lyre |
a stringed instrument of ancient Greece that is like a harp. |
| Macedonia |
a region of southeastern Europe that lies mostly in Greece and in the country of North Macedonia. |
| North Macedonia |
a country in southeastern Europe north of Greece. North Macedonia is also called the Republic of North Macedonia. Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia. |
| Olympus |
a mountain in northern Greece, believed in ancient times to be the place where the gods lived; Mount Olympus. |
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