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ELAS1
proper noun
- abbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Greek People's Liberation Army.
Roumeli belonged to ELAS, and the commander who first took him into his particular band was proudly and overtly Communist.
1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 1901 more example
Looting and street fighting between armed gangs loyal to the Rallis government and to ELAS became daily occurrences in the city.
2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 285
ELAs2
noun
- pluralplural of ELA
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