Elefsina

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Ελευσίνα (Elefsína).

Proper noun

Elefsina

  1. A suburban city and municipality in the West Attica regional unit of Greece, site of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
    • 2021, Hubert Heinelt, Björn Egner, Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas, editors, The Politics of Local Innovation: Conditions for the Development of Innovations, Routledge, →ISBN:
      The city of Elefsina is located around 20 km outside Athens, in the western part of Attica, and it has approximately 30,000 inhabitants.

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