Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Hellenistic" yana da alaƙa da ko halayen al'adun Girka, fasaha, ko tarihi tun daga mutuwar Alexander the Great a 323 BC zuwa shan kashi na Cleopatra da Mark Antony ta Octavian a 31 BC. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga yaduwar al'adun Girka da tasiri a cikin duniyar Bahar Rum a wannan lokacin.
