Greeks
ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and, to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
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Summary
Greeks is an ethnic group[1]. Greeks ranks in the top 1% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,371 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country of citizenship: Greece[3], Cyprus[4]
- Native language: Greek[5]
- Religion or worldview: Eastern Orthodoxy[6], Islam[7]
- Country: Greece[8], Turkey[9], United States[10], Australia[11], Cyprus[12], Germany[13], United Kingdom[14], Albania[15], Canada[16], Ukraine[17], Russia[18], Argentina[19], South Africa[20], Brazil[21]
- Named after: Hellen[22]
- Subclass of: European people[23], inhabitant[24]
- Commons category: People of Greece[25]
- Said to be the same as: Hellenes[26]
- Has part(s): Greek Cypriots[27], Pontic Greeks[28], Urums[29], Румеи[30], Macedonians[31], Maniots[32], Asia Minor Greeks[33], Tsakonians[34], Griko people[35], Cappadocian Greeks[36], Karamanlides[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:People of Greece[38]
- Population: 20,000,000[39]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[41], Pauly–Wissowa[42]
- Replaces: ancient Greeks[43]
- Demonym: grec[44], greco[45], Greek[46], Έλληνας[47], يونانيون[48], greacă[49]
- Native label: Έλληνες[50], Ἕλληνες[51]
- Different from: Greeks[52], Graecians[53]
- Female form of label: Ελληνίδα[54], يونانية[55], Ἑλληνίς[56]
- Language used: Greek[57]
- Male form of label: Έλληνας[58], يوناني[59], Ἕλλην[60]
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Influence
Things named for Greeks include Greece[61], a sovereign state[62], in Greece[63], founded in 1821[64].
Why It Matters
Greeks has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Greeks is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Greeks include Greece[61], a sovereign state[62], in Greece[63], founded in 1821[64].