1º_ Greece is the exonym by which the present-day Hellenic Republic is known ( 917; 955; 955; 951; 957; 953; 954; 942; 916; 951; 956; 959; 954; 961; 945; 964; 943; 945; Pr. Ellinikí Dimokratía), and also to the ancient group of city-states, cradle of Western civilization. It is a European territory close to Asia and Africa. The name used in Spanish is taken from the name given to it by the Romans as Graecia. See Hélade . 2º_ For the previous one, it is also used as a woman's name. It could have an etymology in the graeci people mentioned by Aristotle, but it is little known, perhaps of literary or even mythological origin. 3º_ It is also the name of geographical places, homage to Ancient Greece.