Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: greece
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'is]
Pronunciations of greece
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Greece, Hellenic_Republic, Ellas
    Meaning: a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
Usage examples
  • Africa furnished the wheat, and Greece the wine.
  • Similar customs were prevalent in Ancient Greece.
  • Did not Themista philosophize with the sages of Greece?
  • His itinerary began at Piraeus, in Greece, and might end in Vladivostok.
  • So civilization moved northward from Egypt and India to Greece and Rome, to northern Europe and America.
  • Homer's book belongs to the forgotten past, for the heathen religion of Greece is to-day as though it had never been.
  • Who brought the dialect of Homer to America? or who took to Greece that of the Mayas? Greek is the offspring of the Sanscrit.
  • Later the people of Greece rose in opposition to him, accused him of impiety, arraigned him before the Areopagus, and condemned him to death by poison.
  • In those days, there was in Greece a monstrous serpent known as the Hydra of Lerna, because it haunted a marsh of that name whence it issued in search of prey.
  • This was, in great measure, due to the wave of Hellenism which, shortly after the conquest of Greece, broke upon the Roman capital with such irresistible force.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 300 (film), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pope Clement I, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Yao Ming, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Caetano Veloso, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Eastern Bloc, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ceremonial ship launching, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Mu (lost continent), License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ottoman Empire, License CC BY-SA 4.0