The name of Greece is different in Greece than in the West, as are the names of the Greeks: although the country names itself the Hellenic Republic or Hellas (Ellada, Ελλάδα), languages that were affected by the Romans used the term Greece.
In these languages, the name of Greece has a common "gr" initial. The root of all of these was Graecus in Latin, and was also the ancient name that the Romans used for the Greeks:
In these languages, the common root is "yun" or "ywn". It is borrowed from the Greek name "Ionia", the Greek region of Asia Minor: [1]
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The third root is "hl", used by a few languages around the world, including Greek:
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In the Georgian language, the root for "Greek" is "-berdz-", so "Greece" is "Saberdzneti", "საბერძნეთი"
In the Chechen language , the name is Джелтимохк (Džieltimohk)
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