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Cities by Greek Spelling
Think you know the Greek alphabet? Prove it by translating these city names from Greek to English!
If you enjoy this quiz, be sure to play Cities by Greek Spelling #2, Cities by Russian Spelling, and Cities by Hawaiian Spelling.
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Last updated: September 24, 2012
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| First submitted | September 24, 2012 |
| Times taken | 1,415 |
| Average score | 66.7% |
| Rating | 4.68 | Report this quiz | Report |
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MayaB
+1
Level 73
Aug 21, 2012
Great quiz! I've never learnt Greek but still got 100%. :)
nicktsou
+5
Level 24
Aug 30, 2021
There's no way you would've guessed Beijing and Istanbul...
Moos1005
+2
Level 83
Mar 9, 2023
They are easy if you know a little bit about the history of the cities.
Zefyrinus
+3
Level 71
Aug 27, 2012
Huh, I had no idea you used nasal + voiceless plosive to denote a voiced plosive.
ThirdParty
+2
Level 45
Aug 27, 2012
Yeah, I didn't know about that either until I made the quiz. It's also interesting to notice the names where Greek _doesn't_ do that, but instead just uses a fricative. (e.g. "Duvlin" or "Mathrid".) These are a tip-off that _our_ alphabet used a voiced plosive to denote some sound that _it_ didn't have, and that these names aren't pronounced exactly the way we tend to imagine them to be.
TenThousand
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Level 76
Jun 5, 2015
Nice quiz!
Sulps
+3
Level 56
Jan 7, 2016
I'm not Greek but I know this: the beta, delta and gamma in Ancient Greek were pronounced as b, d and g are in Latin. At some point people started pronouncing them as v, dh and gh/y. But since most languages still have voiced plosives (b, d, g), Modern Greeks need a way to spell that too. Interesting quiz by the way!
DrWhoFanJ
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Level 62
Mar 9, 2023
I wouldn’t have done so well before I made my own quiz that included converting country names to Greek, but I did so much work on it there that I learned how the language transliterates to English.
Tisco
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Level 59
Mar 9, 2023
This was strangely fun. 28/30.
bhalrog24
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Level 63
Dec 6, 2023
Great quiz :)
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