How did the country Greece get its name???

Answer 1

The true name of the country we know as Greece is The Hellenic Republic or Hellas, as the people who live there call it. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm

The modern English adaptation of "Greek" is derived from the Latin Graecus, which in turn originates from Greek Γραικός (Graikos), the name of a Boeotian tribe that migrated to Italy in the 8th century BC, and it is by that name the Hellenes were known in the West.

Here is an interesting list of names used world-wide for Greece:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Greeks#General_names_of_Greece

Answer 2

don't know where the word Greece came from but Greeks call thier country Hellenica
just as the Japanese call thier country Nippon
but I don't know how the English language got Greece from Hellenica.

Answer 3

I don't find it so ironic and funny because , as the user above me said, the real names of these countries are Hellas (Ellas) and Turkiye. It's more strange the logic of the english people who gave these names to those countries. Because the english names have nothing to do with their real names.

Answer 4

When God first saw all the people there and all he saw was the top of their heads, that was the first thing he thought of!
LOL, just kidding. I have a LOT of Greek malaka friends. :)

Meaning of Place Name: Greece
Greece: The modern form of the Latin Groecia, from the Greek Graikoi, a name originally bestowed upon the inhabitants of Hellas.

Answer 5

originally it is called hellas. the name greece was given by turks when greeks were under captivity. i just can't remember why

Answer 6

It comes from the Latin word Graecus.

Answer 7

Beats the crap out of me.