יוון

Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)

proper noun
Definitions
  • (biblical figure) Javan, the fourth son of Japheth
  • the nation descended from Javan, identified with the Ionians, and more generally the Greeks
  • Greece (country in Europe)

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Ion, an Ionian, ancestor of the Ionians, Ionian).

Origin

Ancient Greek

Ἴων

Gloss

Ion, an Ionian, ancestor of the Ionians, Ionian

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