The native name of the country in Modern Greek is  ('''', pronounced ). The corresponding form in Ancient Greek and conservative formal Modern Greek (Katharevousa) is  (, classical: , modern: ). This is the source of the English alternate name ''Hellas'', which is mostly found in archaic or poetic contexts today. The Greek adjectival form  (, ) is sometimes also translated as ''Hellenic'' and is often rendered in this way in the formal names of Greek institutions, as in the official name of the Greek state, the ''Hellenic Republic'' (, ).