# English to greek translation

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 11, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-to-greek-translation/123378 "2002-08-11T07:20:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-to-greek-translation/123378/1 "2002-08-11T07:20:10Z")

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Alright, I need someone that knows more than just how to find an online english-\>greek dictionary. I want to know how to WRITE the greek word for lady or woman in LATIN LETTERS (NOT Greek). If there are several, I want the one that is most proper or respectful. Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-to-greek-translation/123378/2 "2002-08-11T07:35:14Z")

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In Ancient Greek it’s: Gamma. Upsilon. Nu. Eta.

There are more than one way to transliterate it into the Roman Alphabet, but the most true-to-form one would be _gune_. The _e_ is long, though, so you might want to write _guné_ or something. It’s as respectful as _woman_, but you may not think so, since it’s pronounced roughly like “goo-nay”.