Why Is Hellas/Ellada Called Greece In English?

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>>74826741
english is a latin language

>>74826741
Because of romans

persians and because of them muslims call us yunan because of the ionian tribe that colonized asia minor

Why is Deutschland called Germany in English?

>>74827332
Ionian is more comfy than grease

>>74826741
because Greeks are subhumans

>>74827397
Whch of the four do you prefer turk?

Greek
Hellene
Ionian
Rhomeos

>>74827397
frustrated immigrant letting his anger out

Greeks can not be subhumans.
you are one
not Greeks

>>74827467
>Hellene
this, never heard of those two at the bottom

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Ionia would be a very nice name.

>not calling it Yavan

Griekenland

kreikka

>>74827551
Ionians was one of the first Greek tribes. Turks calls us Yunan because Ionians were living in the territory that is modern Turkey. The other is just Romans, which we called ourselves until the beginning of the 20 century.

>>74833888
why?

>>74826808
most of our words are from latin/vulgarlatin but our most common words and grammar are from Germanic.

>>74827467
Kýpros :o)

>>74843787
Gi Elliniki :o)

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why is france called "צרפת" in hebrew ?

We should've called it Malakas