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

People with the surname Metaxas

• Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and competitive marksman
• Andreas Metaxas (1786–1860), Greek politician
• Christina Metaxa (born 1992), Cypriot singer
• Eric Metaxas (born 1963), Greek-German author
• Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), Greek general and dictator
• Nemone Metaxas (born 1973), Greek DJ, presenter, producer, and athlete
• Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), Cypriot singer