Panhellenic

Pan·hel·len·ic

[pan-huh-len-ik, -lee-nik]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
2.
of, pertaining to, or noting collegiate fraternities and sororities.
Also, pan·hel·len·ic.


Origin:
1840–50; pan- + Hellenic

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Panhellenic (ˌpænhɛˈlɛnɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of or relating to all the Greeks, all Greece, or Panhellenism

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Panhellenic
1847, "pertaining to or involving all the Greeks," from Gk. Panhellenes "all the Hellenes," from pan- (q.v.) + Hellenic.
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