How Greece got it's name?

Answer 1

The modern English name "Greece" is derived from the Latin word "Graecus," which in turn originates from the Greek word Γραικός (Graikos). This was the name of a Boeotian tribe ("Boeotian" means that they were originally from the central area of ancient Greece) that migrated to Italy in the 8th century BC. The name of these people, who inhabited the area that the Romans called "Magna Graecia," (Greater Greece) became the name by which the Hellenes (Greeks) were known in the West.

Greeks do not call themselves "Greeks," nor do they call their country "Greece." They refer to their country as Έλλάς (Hellas) and themselves as Έλληνες (Hellenes).