This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language.Places involved in the history of Greek culture, including: Historic Greek regions, including: Ancient Greece, including colonies and contacted peoples Hellenistic world, including successor states and contacted peoples Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, including successor states Ottoman Empire, including successor states Septinsular Republic Modern Greece and Cyprus, and also what remains of treaty Greek minorities in Turkey Places that have or had important Greek-speaking or ethnic Greek minorities or exile communities Places of concern to Greek culture, religion or tradition, including: Greek mythology Greek Jews, including Romaniotes and exiled Sephardim Greco-Buddhism Christianity until the Great Schism, and afterwards the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Rite, etc. Greek Muslims, and those outside Greece who are Greek-speaking or ethnic Greek Places whose official names include a Greek form. Places whose names originate from the Greek language, even if they were never involved in Greek history or culture.