What is "metaxas"

Metaxās (or Metaxa) is Greek for a silk grower or trader. It may refer to:

• Metaxas Line, fortifications in northeastern Greece in 1935–1940
• Metaxas, Greece, a village in the Greek region of Macedonia
• Metaxa, a Greek brandy-based liqueur
• Metaxas Regime or 4th of August Regime, a short-lived authoritarian regime in Greece from 1936-1941