Relating to Greece, Greek culture, or Greek language and civilization.
From Latin 'Graecus,' derived from Greek 'Graikos,' referring to the Hellenic people. The term entered English through Romance language intermediaries during the medieval period.
English adopted 'Graecian' from Latin, but Greeks called themselves 'Hellenes'—so what we call 'Greek' actually comes from what the Romans called them, not what they called themselves!
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