Greece
Ελλάδα (Elláda) or Ἑλλάς (Ellás)
- Athina (Αθήνα) : Athens
- Attiki (Αττική) : Attica
- Dhodhekanisa (Δωδεκάνησα) : Dodecanese
- Evvia (Εύβοια) : Euboea
- Ikaria (Ικαρία) : Icaria
- Ionia Nisia (Ιόνια Νησιά) : Ionian Islands
- Ipiros (Ήπειρος) : Epirus
- Kríti (Κρήτη) : Crete
- Kerkyra (Κέρκυρα) : Corfu
- Korinthos (Κόρινθος) : Corinth
- Kykladhes (Κυκλάδες) : Cyclades
- Patrai (Πάτρα) : Patras
- Peiraeas (Πειραιάς) : Piraeus
- Rodos (Ροδος) : Rhodes
- Samothraki (Σαμοθράκη) : Samothrace
- Thessalia (Θεσσαλία) : Thessaly
- Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη) : Thessalonica or, historically, Salonica
- Thraki (Θράκη) : Thrace
- Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος) : Zakynthos or Zante
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