How Did The Greek Islands Get Their Names?

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[@NameExplain]

Would love to hear about some of the Greek Islands I didn't get the chance to talk about, also if you are currently on one of these islands let me know where you're watching from!

[@johnlawson8088]

Naxos and Paros

[@Nobodyfromnowhere42]

You didnt mention that ionian islands are also called Eptanhsa which means 7 islands

[@dustygrrrl]

Small note: There actually were human inhabitants in Greece and most of the islands by the time the ancient greeks migrated into the area, historians call them "Western Hunter Gatherer" or WHG, within the "European Early Modern Human", or EEMH branch. There was some intermixing but the evidence seems to show most of these groups went into a rapid decline as their populations were eclipsed by the new farming communities coming from across the aegean.

[@TheMarios2010]

Hi, i'm Greek and i love your work. The name Rhodes is from an ancient Greek Myth. The myth is about for a goddess-nymph of the Island of Rhodes with the same name with the island. She was the wife of the god Helios(Ηelios, the God of Sun) and a daughter of Poseidon by one of three goddesses--Amphitrite and Halia. Because she was wife of Helios, the men they were honored God Helios. The name of Mykonos is from a hero with name Mykonos. He was from Euboea (or Evia).The name is from the ancient word "boos"(bull).The "eu" means "good". So name Euboea means something like "good bulls". Because i love etymology in Greek names i can help you, in the future, (if you wish) for other Greek names.

[@oh_tassos]

note in greek ithaca is called ithaki 1st edit: oh also we do call santorini santorini, thera is outdated 2nd edit: we also call lesbos mytilini sometimes 3rd edit: the ionian islands are also called the heptanese, for a similar reason the dodecanese are called that (hepta means seven) 4th edit: im greek btw

[@sapa1895]

Ionian islands have a second name in Greek, Eptanesa, meaning seven islands but being more the seven, same fashion with Dodecanese.

[@pappas478]

Σωστός ο Σάββας

[@BloodyMagma70]

Nai

[@stavrosnicolaou4702]

Eptanisa means just that. The seven largest islands. Ionian islands refers to all the islands in the Ionian sea. The terms are not inrerchangeable.Λαθος ο Σαββας 😉

[@sapa1895]

@@stavrosnicolaou4702 Δηλαδή, θέλετε να μου πείτε πως σύμφωνα με την λογική σας οι κάτοικοι Μεγανησίου, Καστού, Καλάμου Αντίπαξων και Αντικυθήρων δεν είναι Επτανήσιοι, κατάλαβα καλά;

[@stavrosnicolaou4702]

@@sapa1895 οι κατοικοι του 8ου 9 ου 10ου 11ου 12ου νησιου επτανησιοι. Λογικοτατο

[@eeshtarr]

The mythological king was called 'Aegeus', not 'Aegean'

[@TheMarios2010]

Bravo!!!I Think you love Greek mythology.

[@Musicsage]

Also the name probably came from Aigai (Αιγαί) meaning goats, since goats are very numerous in the islands.

[@mariag0411]

Κανενας Ελληνας;;;🇬🇷

[@angelmapping6086]

Εγώ!

[@georgetube7245]

Μέσα!

[@memer2525]

Καλός τα πατριωτάκια

[@dinossk8games542]

Και εγώ

[@giannisgiannis870]

Εγω εδω

[@fv3385]

Crete is the texas of greece for many reasons: Crete and texas are one of the southernmost places of their countries The both love guns Both places use the outline of the state/island on pretty much everything Both places are known for theyr big ass trucks And also the landscape is pretty similar

[@ΑΡΗΣΚΟΡΝΑΡΑΚΗΣ]

@@the8thgemmer467 absolutely wrong

[@HellenicMapping]

Hawaii is more southern than Texas

[@joergen2910]

Nate The Mate so is Florida

[@Questionable_Content]

Unless Crete has deserts, plains, forests, mountains, valleys, swamps, and beaches all at once, I don’t think you can say it has a similar landscape to all of texas

[@mkb6418]

@@Questionable_Content It has all of them at once.

[@rommul1389]

Love my Greek orthodox brothers 🇷🇸 🇬🇷 ☦️

[@Tubolagnos]

What about Greeks who are not orthodox?

[@georgepap.4969]

I'd ont know about you but I am greek , I am communist and orthodox . And also φιλό...ρωσσος a Russian lover

[@user-cx2bf8ub4w]

@@Tubolagnos every Greek is orthodox

[@Tubolagnos]

@@user-cx2bf8ub4w Yeah, sure, whatever you say :-D

[@ΓιώργοςΚυριάκου-χ3π]

Love from Greece Russian orthodox brother

[@aokiaoki4238]

Greece has also the richest flora out of all Europe. From the 23000 spices of plants that live in the whole Europe, 19000 can be found in Greece plus many unique.

[@lelithia]

PLUS the only toxic ones or need a big dose or just iritate the skin!

[@denmasxe]

@Finn MickCool You sound like a douche bag

[@alexandrosnaoum1318]

Flora? Which one? The one that we burn 3-4 times every year because we don't maintain any infra and we like to build inside the forests?

[@outatisater7943]

@@alexandrosnaoum1318 did you just confess that you burn flora?

[@eurosensazion]

Now that's a true patriot. Granny had her own island and lived off of it and raised the flag daily upon sunrise.

[@galanopouloc]

Yay, finally Εύβοια finally gets some love.

[@michaelmigas223]

Η Ευβοια παντα ειχε ατομα που την αγαπαγανε

[@dbssufferer]

If only he could pronounce Εύβοια correctly!

[@GamerZz-yu7lw]

Evia

[@Marquis987]

DONT SEARCH UP THE 25TH ISLAND OF GREECE

[@emirkivrak818]

Kinda sus😳😳😳

[@Matt-yr1nk]

DONT SEARCH UP THE 25TH ISLAND OF GREECE WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE

[@hyperyoutube2607]

Amogos

[@rodrigoferreira8777]

Amorgos

[@ehco7573]

maybe the 'snow' that made the land fertile on Chios was actually volcanic ash?

[@krunchykarim]

well obviously because the ancient greeks weren't familiar with snow. But great insight man

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@krunchykarim wrong

[@krunchykarim]

@@aokiaoki4238 uhh okay. Sorry. I made a mistake can you please tell me where the greeks found out about snow. Ohhh wait never mind they had a goddess of snow Khione. The daughter of Boreas. nvm i see now

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@krunchykarim Greece is full of snow evey year and mountains, Asia minor the same, even Greek islands have snow and mountains with snow all year like Psiloritis. Ancient Greeks also travel a lot, they ve been to North Pole sea and they have found graves of Greek from Northern China to Northern Europe. See Metereologica of Aristotle

[@ehco7573]

@@krunchykarim of course they knew about snow! But snow doesn't make land fertile, whereas the majority of volcanoes are know for being incredibly fertile and part of that would be the ash etc they spew. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@MrSkopelos27]

As a Greek this video kind of hurt my feelings (mostly pronunciation-wise and very slightly content-wise) but for your general audience I'm sure this is a pretty educational video.

[@technojunkie123]

What would you have mentioned that the video didn't?

[@clapiotis]

@@technojunkie123 A very neat video. I, too, wish the islands' names were pronounced a little better.

[@FarfettilLejl]

@@technojunkie123 Αγκίστρι which means little hook is a cool name and a very nice island

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

technojunkie123 There are a lot more to Mention

[@gamingtsunami524]

Its just the english pronounciation and how did it hurt your feelings when he did a hole video about our islands when greek youtibers just dont care

[@charlesparti1990]

Hydra is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been and I heard that it got its name because there is no drinkable water on the island but I can't confirm that this is true...

[@nadinos]

Its indeed a very beautiful island! wikipedia: [Its name] is derived from the Greek word for "water", a reference to the natural springs on the island.

[@MinecraftPELord]

My favorite place in Greece, my dad actually lives there full time. While it's true that the island doesn't have any drinkable water now, the name comes from a time when Hydra actually stored tons and tons of water in sisterns up in it's mountains

[@aokiaoki4238]

There is plenty of water in Hydra but only 30% of the springs is drinkable

[@MinecraftPELord]

@@aokiaoki4238 also all the pipes are lead still as far as I know

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@MinecraftPELord Old pipes are Copper

[@ayanagarwal7116]

8:10 Cyprus: Can I into Greece?

[@garrettallen7427]

Turkey: *NO*

[@kn4042]

@@nodspruductionss3812 m8 fuck their goverment, not them. The vast majority of turks are cool.

[@mkb6418]

@@kn4042 As far as I know the vast majority of Turks wants to conquer the Aegean, so...

[@kn4042]

@@mkb6418 by vast majority you mean KZbin tards that want a neo ottoman empire? I am not denying that those people exist but the average turk doesnt want the Aegean "back" or we dont want Constantinople back (1453 worst year)

[@mkb6418]

@@kn4042 Really? I have never heard of this opinion before. Glad to hear there are moderates at the other side of the Aegean too.

[@MrSkopelos27]

The island of Skopelos (*cough* don't look at my name) takes its name from the word skopelos (σκόπελος) which roughly means: "rocks that peek out of the water, whose surface is too small to be considered an island". Skopelos is one of the greenest islands in Greece :)

[@HellenicRambo]

So is Alonissos, Skopelos and Alonissos are beautiful

[@cyrclack5616]

Pff, you mere mortals, you dare oppose the almighty Island of Ioannina Which takes it's name after island And Ioannina Meaning Island of Ioannina Tch

[@HellenicRambo]

@@cyrclack5616 malaka, there is no island called Ioannina, Ioannina is Mainland

[@cyrclack5616]

@@HellenicRambo ah-ah-ah Though it DOES have an island, check it up

[@HellenicRambo]

@@cyrclack5616 my bad 🙃

[@nular.9280]

POV: *YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND AMORGOS😳😳😳😳*

[@alessandro-sr7ki]

Don't search for the 25th island of greece trust me

[@Icariaball]

8:24 thank you that you talk about icaria im from this island also icaria was an Independent state in 1912 for two months

[@SquishyMelon420]

I know what the 25th island of Greece got it's name AMOGUS

[@hattrem8525]

I was waiting for amorgos

[@devasheeshdubey9756]

It's important that you upload english subtitles because your accent is sometimes too heavy to understand and the auto generated English subtitles are wayy wrong

[@______608]

Agreed

[@Slayrid]

amorgos

[@communistindonesiaball175]

When the amorgos is sus

[@pleiadeshaveset]

I'm pretty sure Rhodes comes from rhodo which is a rose in Greek.

[@0o0-_-99]

You're right

[@MakianTheWorld]

You could have mentioned the Amorgos island

[@kingtesttube4996]

Wait... so Amorgos wasn’t named after the sussy imposter?

[@anthonythechicken3699]

The 25 island of grease sus

[@Starscreamm4]

Can you do the 25th island of greece?

[@PipPanoma]

"It comes from the Greek Lefkos meaning white" Fun fact: The Greek can be transcribed into the latin alphabet as both lefkos and leukos. Both are used (though I'm not sure why). This is why the scientific name for white blood cells is leukocytes (white bodies).

[@kn4042]

Because in greek the eu (ευ) can be pronounced as "èf" or "èv"

[@sapa1895]

I've seen some english charts having the island as Levkas as well. Lefkos is phonetically correct but leukos is the right spelling.

[@georgios_5342]

Ancient Greek ευ was pronounced eu (εου) but then the two vowels were made to be pronounced faster like ef

[@TMPOUZI]

Like the words pneumonia or pneuma actually spelled like pnevmonia or pnevma in Greek, while the British didn't acknowledge that and spelled them like newmonia or newma

[@georgios_5342]

@@TMPOUZI well, not exactly, the Greek words are written as πνευμονία (pneumonia) and πνεύμα (pneuma) but in modern Greek the u letter after a or e is pronounced as v or f due to the shortening of the ancient oo sound of hupsilon. However, in English the pronunciation doesn't follow clear-cut rules that apply in every case. Generally in English, the au is pronounced as o and eu is ew.

[@yvplayz7813]

Love to Greece from Italy! 😄 🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷 Una faccia una razza!

[@masfiqratul7559]

They migrated to Canada and Created Pineapple Pizza How can you forgive them

[@danmorrison8194]

I’d love to see the two names video! More accurately, I’d love to know why we don’t call countries/cities the same thing the inhabitants of the countries do. Germany, Deutschland, Alemania? Shouldn’t we call it Deutschland?

[@andycockrum1212]

I think germans should start calling it Germany like normal people

[@Terrus_38]

Andy Cockrum No xD It's their country and their name. So, theoretically, if almost everyone calls you "Moron" do you have to change your name to Moron? No. They have to call you Andy.

[@andycockrum1212]

Terrus Ciekawostki but you’re forgetting that Deutschland is a stupid name and Germany isn’t. Who would choose a stupid name?

[@AndrewVasirov]

Andy Cockrum Deutschland literally means "Land of the Germans." How is this a stupid name?

[@Terrus_38]

Andrew Vasirov I don't even want to argue with Andy, because he is immature xD

[@eliaskar5084]

Although not mentioned in the video, Aegeus' story is quite interesting. Theseus had made a deal with his father, Aegeus: when his ship returned from Crete, after the expedition that Theseus led to kill the Minotaur, if he was killed, his sailors would keep the original black sails. Otherwise they would change to white sails, in case they succeded. This way his father would know the outcome upon seeing the ship from Cape Sounio, where he waited for his son to return. Theseus successfully killed the beast and returned alive, but the crew was celebrating the victory and forgot to change the sails. Upon seeing the black sails, Aegeus believed his son had been slain and threw himself in the sea, commiting suicide. That sea received the name "Aegean Sea" in his honor.

[@Octol1ng]

that video is sus 😳

[@georgepmgreece908]

Yas, I'm from Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@tzamtzisa.1274]

Σουβλάκια

[@the8thgemmer467]

GeorgePM Greece I’m Cypriot

[@StankyCloud]

Me too

[@the8thgemmer467]

g2 papid Long live to halloumin

[@heathenfire]

@@the8thgemmer467 Aphrodite was said to have been born in Cyprus right? Are there many things in Cyprus named after her or related to her story?

[@dwegmull]

Switzerland official name is Confederatio Helvetica (hence the CH abbreviation). I'd love to hear about other countries with very different official names from their common names.

[@amehak1922]

David Wegmuller the Helvetica font was created there.

[@ktroeyeng]

Thats why Switzerland in greek is Elvetia

[@alvarofavela2918]

Mexico’s official name is Estados Unidos Mexicanos or United Mexican States.

[@MrArgy333]

In Greek it's actually called Ελβετία ( Helvetia ) instead of Switzerland. Also, France is instead called Γαλλία ( Gallia ) probably deriving from the Latin name as well as the ancient Greek name of Γαλατια ( Galatia ) meaning " the land of the milk-white skin people ( γαλα = gala = milk ). It's quite surprising how the name changed to France for most of the latin languages, but remained Gallia in Greek.

[@TheGogeta222]

Bundesrepublik Deutschland Deutschland Germany Freistaat Bayern Bayern Bavaria

[@Fire.....]

*Amorgus*

[@ChuckLeclerc19]

In Mykonos it is very cheap island you can eat souvlaki with 30€ and steak with 900€

[@piamiinacortez1746]

Amorgos is SUS

[@ΑπόλλωνΘηρευτής]

They named it "Μεσόγειος / Mediterranean" which means "μέση γη - middle ground / earth", because they lived there before the great flood of Deucalion. And of course after the disaster, those who remained, named all the areas around the sea that had filled the Mediterranean with the original root "αιγ / aeg", which is the wild goat which they saw on the steep shores then. Αίγ-ινα/Aegina, Αίγ-υπτος/Aegypt, Αιγ-ιαλός/Aegialos=beach, Αιγ-άλεων/Aegaleon mount, Αιγ-αίον/Aegian Sea... Mediterranean Sea, is the exact Latin translation of the Greek name: Μεσόγειος / Mesogios, which means ... middle earth > medi-terra. This name is ancient and shows us that the area was inhabited by the Greeks before the great flood (ie the entrance of the Atlantic from the columns of Herakles, today's Straits of Gibraltar) which of course was dry, with perhaps small lakes, but permeable without the use of ships.

[@misseli1]

I think if you were to make a video about countries' official names you should avoid countries that are simply called The Republic [Commonly Known Country Name]

[@billylauwda9178]

Name Explain : "Greece, lots of islands" Indonesia : *"Am i a joke to you"*

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Billy Lauwda Who cares, Greece much more Beautiful & Ive been to Both..😉

[@Mjs3274]

*A M O G U S*

[@hamstarr100]

you didnt mention the largest Greek island, Cyprus and how it gave its name to copper

[@budaras69]

Because now it's seperate country, but yeah it was Greek then.

[@heathenfire]

Aphrodite was said to have been born in Cyprus and there are a lot of things there named after her or things to do with her

[@theagle4k213]

@@budaras69 They can't be the part of greece because there is Turkish occupied zone in the north.

[@comradedoge9644]

It isnt a Greek island. Its independent.

[@heathenfire]

@@comradedoge9644 it isn't Greek politically, but it is Greek culturally and was Greek historically

[@a.k9802]

Proud to have greek blood running through my veins.

[@angelmapping6086]

Me too

[@angelmapping6086]

@Vive la Revolution go away turk

[@NewDawnReaper]

You are b Proud, while having kemal for a picture profile haha

[@dieselgeezer18]

@@angelmapping6086 That turk is talking about some DNA tests etc

[@themuscle79BONIFACIO]

Vive la Revolution Fuck speak English, fuck your language ok.

[@peterroberts7832]

My grandparents are immigrants from Chios, we have a house there, it's a beautiful island with rich history. It's one of the several islands that claims to have been the home of Homer, and is mentioned in the Odyssey. It was a prosperous island during the classical age, and flip-flopped between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War. It is most known for growing the mastic tree, which has a sap that Xiotes put in just about everything. The tree only grows on Chios. There are several canonized saints from the Orthodox Church from the island, such as Agia Markella, and the namesake of my granparents' village, Agios Giorgios Sikousis. During the Byzantine era, it was eventually handed over to the Genovese, who prioritized it as a trading post. During the Greek Revolution, it was the site of a terrible massacre in 1822 that won the world over to the Greek cause after Ottoman troops slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent people, and the island never really recovered its affluence after that.

[@sofiekaterina]

Not to be that person but I need to add something to what you said in 6:16. The western sea is called the Ionian and they are Ionian islands but Greeks call them the Επτάνησα/Eptanisa meaning Seven Islands. Because there’s seven of them .... (and each of these islands were for centuries under Venetian and Italian control and therefore have different cultures to other areas of Greece).

[@MrArgy333]

We call them " the islands of Ionian Sea " sometimes, too

[@sofiekaterina]

Argarian yes, sorry, used an absolute when writing the comment. Didn’t mean the comment as “they only get called the Επτάνησα” by Greeks. Was more meant as a “fun fact”, here’s another name for this group of islands.

[@efthymiosanagnostos7427]

Thanks for another video about us Greeks name explain, glad you like us lol

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

AMORGUS

[@panayiotisxenakis277]

My dad was born in Athens but his parents were from Naxos and Skyros, the Aegean truly is the most beautiful place on Earth

[@blackpantherthekingofwakan591]

AMORGOS

[@PanSaltzCaballeratos]

Ελλάς (Hellas) . El = (Sun, Creator God), Las (land, stone). Hellas = the land of the Sun God.

[@hydration7710]

Amogus

[@CostaArg]

Worth to mention, we Greeks don't call the islands in the Ionian sea "Ionian islands" we call them "Heptanese islands" (eptanisa).

[@BadReloader]

ευχαριστώ πολύ, i didn't know that! Very interesting

[@janrei7292]

In greek even to this day, the word for snow is "chioni"

[@scottishcatdad993]

Man, I love you! Not only you did an amazing job with research and pronunciation of names....you actually showed my house in Euboea! You are an amazing KZbinr! ❤️❤️

[@atg01340]

He actually butchered most of the names, but at least he had to try to pronounce them...

[@nikofloros]

Yea I definitely would not say his pronunciation was anything close to amazing haha but hey, that okay! Greek is hard.

[@scottishcatdad993]

Πρέπει να ακούσετε τα ξαδέρφια μου από την Σκωτια και θα εκτιμήσετε την προφορά του! 😂

[@Nerd_of_Anarchy]

7:03 Give it a few years, rising ocean levels will get us down to 12 soon enough

[@millemelon1595]

Nerd of Anarchy but they’re basically mountains so no

[@someguy6301]

The waters are really shallow.

[@richlopez5896]

Rising ocean?LOL

[@TMPOUZI]

nahhh especially in a few years

[@greekfirewateryt4581]

I am from Chios and I never knew this. Thank you

[@yousmeel9127]

My grandparents own a house in Chios 9:57

[@peterroberts7832]

same, my grandparents are from Agios Georgios

[@theodorospadelidis6537]

hey buddy i own a greek history culture music dance literatture and classisit discord server if you want to join send me your discord account

[@theodorospadelidis6537]

@@peterroberts7832 heyy buddy i own a greek history culture music dance literatture and classisit discord server if you want to join send me your discord account

[@yiannis_kal8684]

At Greek Mythology Lesbos was hero, son of king Lapithos and grandson of Aeolos. (Aeolos was god of winds)

[@theweirdo6695]

I always thought the triangle part of the beard was the mouth and it was smiling

[@LeftoverPat]

You must want to go to Greece after researching this video! Possibly my fav Name Explain yet!

[@eloquenthillbilly]

1:48 DO IT

[@shxne2968]

Honestly my favorite island is amorgos

[@XanthusPictures]

At 5:53 I find it highly unlikely that the name "Ionian" would come from Sanskrit, considering that Greece and India are quite geographically disparate and the pre-Greek language of Greece was almost certainly non-Indo-European.

[@micha0585]

Greek is Indo-European and India and Greece have been in contact since Persian times

[@best_soap641]

@@micha0585 The Macedonian Empire made it to today's India's western borders. That does not mean they had contact.

[@jesso.4971]

The Lady of Rho is goals. This. This is what I aspire to be. An old lady living on an island raising a flag each morning. What a life!

[@arcticbeak]

You want to raise a flag, but have you already been provided with an erected pole to be able to do so?

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Snowgoon BWHAHAA 😅

[@Cyprus_Is_Greek]

The biggest of the Greeks islands is Cyprus

[@Cyprus_Is_Greek]

@@elenipappas2441 η Κύπρος είναι ελληνικό νησί. Και μέρος της ευρύτερης Ελλάδος. Η Ελλάδα δεν ειναι μονο η περιοχη στα συνορα του ελληνικου κρατους. Ελλάδα ειναι ολη η ελληνικη πατριδα η οποια ξεκινα απο την βορεια Ηπειρο και παει μεχρι την μικρα ασια και την Κύπρο. Η Κύπρος σαν μέρος της Ελλαδος έκανε δια της βίας των Άγγλων δικό της ανεξάρτητο κράτος. Αυτο δεν αλλαζει οτι ειναι μερος του ελλαδικου χωρου. 1 πατριδα 2 κρατη Μονο ενας βλακας ανιστοριτος δεν μπορει να το καταλαβει. Και οι Κυπριοι ειναι Ελληνες οσο ενας Αθηναιος Μακεδονας Κρητικος. Και η Αθηνα ανηκει σε εναν Κυπριο το ιδιο οπως σε εναν Ροδιτη. Επισης οι Κυπριοι δεν εχουν αλλη σημαια. Μια εχουν την ελληνικη. Η λεγομενη κυπριακη δεν εκροσωπευει τουε κυπριους. Απλα υπαρχει υποχρεωτικα για να συμβολοζει το κυπριακο κρατος. Περα απο ενα κρατικο συμβολο δενε χει καμια αξια. Ενας τουρκος την εκανε με διαταγες Αγγλων.

[@Cyprus_Is_Greek]

@@ioanpapa9829 τι λες ρε φίλε. Τι 30% κ μλκιες μου λες. Όλοι οι Κύπριοι Έλληνες είμαστε. Τώρα ένα 20% δεν το αισθάνεται τόσο λόγω της κομμουνιστικής προπαγανδας του Ακέλ. Λες και διαφέρει αυτο απο τους ΚΚΕδες και τους Συριζαίους. Αν πας σε συγκεντρώσεις τους δεν προκειται να δεις ελληνικη σημαια. Οταν αφανησουμε τον κομμουνισμο θα εξαφανιστει και ο ανθελληνισμος. Το προβλημα ειναι εθνικο και οχι μονο κυπριακο

[@Cyprus_Is_Greek]

@ΔⲰⲢⲀ ⲶⲀⲪⲈⲖⲎ η Ένωση όλων των ελληνικων πατριδων σε ενα μεγαλο ελληνικο εθνικο κράτος ποτέ δε θα πεθανει. Μηπως ηξεραν το 1453 ότι θα ερχόταν το 1821; διατηρηστε ασβεστη την φλογα και θα ερθει η γενια που θα πραγματοποιησει το ονειρο και θα λαμψει η δικαιοσυνη

[@someonedude7463]

You could Name explain Ammouliani,its a small island near the coast of Chalkidiki, which is in the Greek region of Macedonia

[@sizanogreen9900]

Video on lands with two distinct names? Sure!

[@fluffymimi6748]

Yes to the video of countries with 2 names! You can do Switzerland and the Helvetic Confederation :)

[@modmaker7617]

Well it is call Helvetic Confederation in Latin but not in any other language. In English the country is called Swiss Confederation.

[@milomilo86]

@@modmaker7617 As a matter of fact, in Greek it is called Elvetia

[@modmaker7617]

@@milomilo86 Interesting. I am Polish and the Swiss nation is called Szwajcaria for short and Konfederacja Szwajcarska in full in my native tung which you probably not need a translation because it is obvious.

[@PauloSilva-np9ro]

Secret names of countries ...Good Idea :)

[@SadScorpion956]

Fun Fact: in the Illiad and Odyssey Ithaca was the Island where Odysseus came from and ruled. Wanted to say this because it wasn't mentioned in the video

[@siobhanieo72]

Heads up, the title of the video is missing a question mark

[@NameExplain]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@katepopiolkie7066]

I would love to see a video about countries having two names! Your videos are great btw 😊

[@paulgriffin7303]

The Island of Kos, or as some say Kosm

[@davidlewis8640]

It means cave... Of Kos!! 😅😅😅

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Paul Griffin Koufo means Hollow actually, because of all the Caves

[@JCRS2]

Thank you for talking about Greece Ares approves this message.

[@MoamadTrashman]

@Demy Troy And bringer of war.

[@aantony2001]

We don't actually know where "Hellas" comes from. There are many different hypotheses but none are very rigorous.

[@yopassthefuckinsalt922]

You could say this word's origin is... hella misterious :D

[@Dourios_96]

@@yopassthefuckinsalt922 nice comment here is a like

[@iTheGeo]

yopassthefuckinsalt - *badum, tssss*

[@elena.orfanou]

Um the world hellas, actually hellinas means the one who comes from civilization. That's what I know 😉✨✨

[@etnoscope3966]

It's quite known to anyone that researches these things where the word "Hellas" comes from. It's not that big of a mystery.

[@sherylcrowe3255]

Another excellent and informative video. Thank you

[@sohopedeco]

Ithaca is Ulysses homeland.

[@TheMarios2010]

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[@ilufex9794]

Been to Crete loads of times it great

[@kqurmi_ferinu-zeyox]

1:50 Yes pls

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

I totally support the idea of a video about countries' double names. I remember being shocked that Georgia's native name is completely different to what it uses for the outside world. Throw in Myanmar and Japan

[@francherogamer5187]

11:03 my island Λευκας ❤

[@iraklisonic354]

Hi from Crete!!! :D

[@waltervanbrunchem2462]

Why is the sea to the west of greece named after the Ionians, who lived on the coast of turkey?

[@mcalkis5771]

They didn't originate from there. They originally were from the mainland, and later during the 1st and 2nd greek colonization they colonized Italy and Asia Minor.

[@mcalkis5771]

@J Z Χαχα ναι περίπου

[@efthymiosanagnostos7427]

McAlkis it was during the first, plus no one lived on coastal Anatolia rlly anyway except for Trojans we’re gone and were Greek anyway

[@PBandas]

@@Dourios_96 Nope man, sorry. The original Greek tribes came from Northern Greece, the Ionians and the Aeolians first migrated south and later colonized everything, the Dorians migrated some centuries later and the Macedonians never went souther than Thessaly. Asia Minor was not originally inhabited by Greeks, but by Lycians, Hitties etc.

[@Musicsage]

Ηλίας Ντέλλας ρε φίλε μπέρδεψες τα βελάκια, that’s exactly the opposite of what was written. It also makes sense to expand to Asia Minor and not the other way around, since it was the Dorian invasion that pushed the other greek tribes to migrate. You can easily see it if you search for the first Greek migration (1ος Ελληνικός Αποικισμός)

[@ekoudas]

The islands in the Ionian sea are called 'Eptanisa' as a group. Like the dodekanisa (twelve islands), they are named from Epta (seven) and Nisos - Nisi (island). They are Corfu, Kefalonia, Zante, Lefkada, Ithaka, Kithira and Paxoi (the main ones).

[@futbolhub6844]

+1 Αν εισαι Ελληνας 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 Greece

[@chadvogel3594]

the Greek islands are at the top of my places to visit list.

[@heathenfire]

There are so many places I want to visit. When I get the money 😬

[@viniciusgomes5147]

Explain how Antony Fantano got his name. Did his parents love Fanta?

[@yusacetin4235]

Went to the comments looking for Turks complaining about the unfair ownership of the islands

[@andrewk9267]

"unfair"

[@ziggy8253]

It’s all Greek to me.

[@someguy6301]

Bad Shakespearean pun

[@John.the.art.greco.]

In Greek the idiom goes: it sounds chinese to me

[@Urspo]

Wow you do a marvelous job doing these things.

[@micha0585]

8:56 thats my hometown lol

[@panlo7756]

micha05 evoia is not a town...

[@theodorospadelidis6537]

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[@malathuni]

interesting fact about Zakynthos, during the era of homer Zakynthos name was actually illiesa and that name came from a son of a king that populate the island back then

[@unniFI]

Ζάκυνθος

[@lucasobrador]

Its made me blown away. Thank you for the great info.. Saludo

[@fotisst8886]

I think rhodes has something to do with rodo(ρωδο) meanig rose

[@fralencemelograno]

Ρόδο - rose or ρόδι - pomegranate, the Italians called it "L' isola delle rose" - The island of roses, yet the flower symbol of the island is the ibiscus. As for the myth, personally I much prefer the one about how the Gods forgot Helios the day they parted the world between them and when he came back from work that evening he was furius, so Zeus decreted the very first land to face on earth would be of Helios, and that happened to be Rhodes.

[@calebklingerman7902]

Definitely do a video on the double names of most countries!

[@modmaker7617]

French Republic France Czech Republic Czechia Slovak Republic Slovakia Republic of Poland Poland Federal Republic of Germany Germany Russian Federation Russia People's Republic of China China Republic of China Taiwan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK United States of America USA Kingdom of Spain Spain Canada United Mexican States Mexico Republic of Chile Chile Republic of India India Commonwealth of Australia Australia Hellenic Republic Greece Swiss Confederation Switzerland Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea Republic of Korea South Korea Every country has a Political Name being the full name and a Short Name for non-political situations except for Canada which has only one name.

[@JfkJames]

Ireland has only 1 name too. Ireland is just called Ireland or Éire (in Irish) it has no political name. People call it the Republic of Ireland however this is false and is just used to distinguish it from Northern Ireland

[@modmaker7617]

@@JfkJames In short the political name is Ireland but in non-political situations people incorrectly call the country Republic of Ireland. So Political Name: Ireland Non-Political Name: Ireland (but more often incorrectly called the "Republic of Ireland") Ireland is weird.

[@JfkJames]

Mod Maker Agreed, but don’t forget it can also be called Éire too, but that’s not in English so I guess it doesn’t apply to the rest of the world

[@modmaker7617]

@@JfkJames Irish = Éire English = Ireland Polish = Irlandia I am a Pole. It is not the English name but the Irish name. Why do the Irish need to specify that their country is called Éire in Irish, we Poles don't specify that in Polish our country is called Polska.

[@JfkJames]

Mod Maker it’s just because Ireland has 2 official languages therefore we have 2 official names, Poland only has 1 official language therefore it has 1 official name.