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Pan⋅hel⋅len⋅ic

  [pan-huh-len-ik, -lee-nik]
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–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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Pan-Hel·len·ic also Pan·hel·len·ic   (pān'hə-lěn'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to all Greek peoples or a movement to unify them.

  2. Of or relating to all Greek-letter fraternities and sororities.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Panhellenic 
1847, "pertaining to or involving all the Greeks," from Gk. Panhellenes "all the Hellenes," from pan- (q.v.) + Hellenic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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