Hellas

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Hellas, or Ellas may refer to:

Places in Greece

  • Ἑλλάς (Ellás), genitive Ἑλλάδος (Elládos), an ancient Greek toponym used to refer to:
    • Greece as a whole, as the main name its modern inhabitants know it by
    • The region of Achaea Phthiotis in Thessaly
    • According to legend, a city in Phthiotis, founded by Hellen
    • Continental Greece, as opposed to the Peloponnese peninsula and the Greek islands
    • A name for all lands inhabited by Hellenes, i.e. all of ancient Greece, including the Greek colonies
    • Hellas (theme), a Byzantine province in southern Greece

Sports clubs

  • Hellas Verona F.C., an Italian football (soccer) club based in Verona
  • SoIK Hellas, sports club in Stockholm, Sweden
  • South Melbourne FC, a football (soccer) club formerly known as South Melbourne Hellas
  • West Adelaide Soccer Club, a football (soccer) club formerly known as West Adelaide Hellas

On Mars

  • Hellas quadrangle, a region of Mars
  • Hellas Planitia, a plain within the impact basin associated with the albedo feature Hellas on Mars
  • Hellas Montes, a mountain range on Mars

Ships

  • Greek frigate Hellas (1826-1831), the first flagship of the modern Hellenic Navy
  • Greek steamship Hellas [el] (1859-1906)
  • SS Taroona (1935-1989), an Australian transport ship of World War II; later sold and converted into a cruise ship named the Hellas

Other uses

  • Hellas (poem), by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Ellas (TV series), a Mexican telenovela
  • AK Hellas, a Greek truck manufacturer
  • Hellas (personification), feminine representation of Greece
  • "Ellas", a song by Tini from Un Mechón de Pelo

See also

  • Greece (disambiguation)
  • Helles
  • Hellenic (disambiguation)
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