This section consists of an alphabetically-ordered list of Greek topics (especially those that do not fit neatly elsewhere on this site!)
| Aliens Bureau | Ipiresia Allodhapon |
| Anglo-Hellenic League | [not yet ready] |
| Autan | an insect repellant |
| capital | the capital city of Greece is Athens; see Greek Places section |
| British Embassy (Athens) | [not yet ready] |
| British School (Athens) | [not yet ready] |
| currency | the currency of Greece is the Drachma |
| evzones | [not yet ready] |
| farmakio | the Greek word for chemists |
| festivals | [not yet ready] |
| fidhakia | pyrethrum incense coils against mosquitoes |
| filotimo | "Filotimo is that extremely sensitive region of men's souls that gives forth gallantry, nobility and moral pride; it is the sense of honur and dignity" (from a tourist guide to Kos) |
| Friends of Democracy in Greece | [not yet ready] |
| Greek | the name 'Greek' comes from a misunderstanding. When the Greeks colonized Southern Italy and Sicily in the 8th Century BC, the locals asked them where they came from. They replied 'Graia', a small city in Boiotia. In Latin they became known as 'Graeci' = the people of Graia. |
| Greek National Tourism Office (London) | [not yet ready] |
| Gypsies | [not yet ready] |
| Hellenic Republic | the official name of Greece |
| Hellenism | [not yet ready] |
| Hippocratic Oath, the | [not yet ready] |
| Ipiresia Allodhapon | Aliens' Bureau |
| International Hippocratic Foundation, the | [not yet ready] |
| It's Greek to me | In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Casca complains that "it was Greek to me." |
| kafeneion | cafe |
| kamaki | a playboy, the pursuit and conquest of foreign females |
| kapotes | a slang Greek word for condoms |
| language | the national language of Greece is Greek; see Greek Language section |
| levendia | "an attitude that manifests the acme of the soul, nobility, pride, a strong spirit together with gallantry, good breeding and generosity" (from a tourist guide to Kos) |
| maestri | a wind that blows in the Ionian, not as strong as the meltemi |
| meltemi | an unpredictable wind which blows from the North and can reach Beaufort Force 7 to 8 |
| Ministry of Tourism | [not yet ready] |
| museums | see Greek Places section |
| official name | the official name of Greece is the Hellenic Republic |
| periptero | a small kiosk found at the side of the road, especially in a square. They sell a wide range of things including newspapers, magazines, postcards, sweets, ice creams, cigarettes, and phonecards. Many also have a public telephone. |
| plastika | a slang Greek word for condoms |
| population | the population of Greece is 10,493,000 (1996) |
| profylaktika | the Greek word for condoms |
| religion | the main church in Greece is the Greek Orthodox Church; see Greek Religion section |
| Sarakatsani shepherds | [not yet ready] |
| sirocco | a hot southerly wind from North Africa that blows in the Peloponnese |
| size | the total area of Greece is 131,957 sq km |
| spires | pyrethrum incense coils against mosquitoes |
| sterna | cisterns |
| tavli | the Greek word for backgammon |
| tourism | estimated to bring in more than $3 billion per year, more than 8 million tourists visit Greece each summer |
| Turkish Embassy (London) | [not yet ready] |
| Vape Net | an electric device with an insecticide tablet, used against mosquitoes |
| Vlachs, the | [not yet ready] |
| yeniko nosokomio | the lowest grade of state hospital |
