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  1. Elisnoun

    ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese

  2. Etymology: From Ἦλις.

Wikipedia

  1. Elis

    Elis or Ilia (Greek: Ηλεία, Ileia) is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was Elis Prefecture, covering the same territory. The modern regional unit is nearly coterminous with the ancient Elis of the classical period. Here lie the ancient ruins of cities of Elis, Epitalion and Olympia, known for the ancient Olympic Games which started in 776 BC.

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  1. Elis

    Elis, or Eleia is an ancient district that corresponds with the modern Elis regional unit. It is in southern Greece on the Peloponnesos peninsula, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea. Over the course of the archaic and classical periods, the polis of Elis controlled much of the region of Elis, most probably through unequal treaties with other cities, which will have had perioikic status. The first Olympic festival was organized in Elean land, Olympia, Greece by the authorities of Elis in the 8th century BC, with tradition dating the first games at 776 BC. The Hellanodikai, the judges of the Games, were of Elean origin. The local form of the name was Valis, or Valeia, and its meaning, in all probability, “the lowland”. In its physical constitution Elis is similar to Achaea and Arcadia; its mountains are mere offshoots of the Arcadian highlands, and its principal rivers are fed by Arcadian springs. According to Strabo, the first settlement was created by Oxylus the Aetolian who invaded there and subjugated the residents. The city of Elis underwent synoikism—as Strabo notes—in 471 BC. Elis held authority over the site of Olympia and the Olympic games.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Elis

    a district of Greece, on the W. coast of the Peloponnesus, sacred to all Hellas as the seat of the greatest of the Greek festivals in connection with the Olympian Games, a circumstance which imparted a prestige to the inhabitants.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ELIS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Elis is ranked #79846 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Elis surname appeared 238 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Elis.

    57.5% or 137 total occurrences were White.
    24.7% or 59 total occurrences were Black.
    13.8% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of elis in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of elis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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