Ellenism

Japanese: ellenismo
Ellenism

…In Latin, it is Graecia, and in modern European languages, many are derived from Latin, but words derived from Greek are also used. For example, in English, it is Greece or Hellas, in German, Griechenland or Hellas, in French, Grèce or Hellade, and in Italian, Grecia (words of Greek origin are ellenico for 'Greek' and ellenismo for Hellenism). The Chinese character '希臘' is a transliteration of Hellas. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ellenismo" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ラテン語ではグラエキアGraecia,現代ヨーロッパ語ではラテン語に由来するものが多いが,ギリシア語に由来する語も併用されている。例えば英語ではグリースGreeceまたはヘラスHellas,ドイツ語ではグリーヘンラントGriechenlandまたはヘラスHellas,フランス語ではグレスGrèceまたはエラドHellade,イタリア語ではグレチアGrecia(ギリシア語起源の語は〈ギリシアの〉の意味でエレニコellenico,ヘレニズムの意味でエレニスモellenismoなどが使われる)。〈希臘〉という漢字はヘラスの音訳である。…

※「ellenismo」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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