Elefsina

English

Alternative forms

• Eleusis

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.

Further reading

• Elefsina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia