Yona. Contemporary usage The word Yona, or one of its derivatives, is still used by some languages to designate contemporary Greece, such as in Arabic (), in Hebrew (), in Turkish ("Yunanistan"), in Armenian ( Hounistan), modern Aramaic ( Yawnoye), or the Pashto, Hindi, Urdu, Malay and Indonesian languages ("Yunani"). See also Greeks in India Greco-Buddhism Names of the Greeks History of Buddhism Kambojas Mleccha Yavana Rani Notes References The shape of ancient thought. Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian philosophies, by Thomas Mc Evilly (Allworth Press, New York 2002) Liber Genesis 10:2. "Filii Iapheth: Gomer et Magog et Madai et Iavan et Thubal et Mosoch et Thiras." Nova vulgata. External links Pali dictionary definition of "Yona" Yavana Ancient Greeks in Asia Foreign relations of ancient India Ancient peoples of Pakistan Indo-Greeks