# Elis

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #63,591

## Definitions
1. An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece.
2. A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/elis