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Cyclades
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English
Etymology
From en grc Κυκλάδες, plural of grc Κυκλάς, from grc κύκλος circle, ring.
Pronunciation
en /saɪkleɪdz/ /ˈsɪklədiːz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cyclades.wav Southern England en needs stress mark
Proper noun
p
An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and others.
Usage notes
Used with the definite article (the Cyclades), unless some islands are specified.
Derived terms
en Cycladic
Translations
island chain
Bulgarian: bg Циклади m-p
Catalan: ca Cíclades m-p
Corsican: co Cicladi m-p
Czech: cs Kyklady m-p
Danish: da Kykladerne c-p
Dutch: nl Cycladen m-p
Estonian: et Küklaadid
Finnish: fi Kykladit p
French: fr Cyclades f-p
German: de Kykladen
Greek: el Κυκλάδες
Ancient Greek: grc Κυκλάδες
Hungarian: hu Kükládok
Irish: ga Ciocláidí f-p na Ciocláidí
Italian: it Cicladi m-p
Latin: la Cyclades f-p
Latvian: lv Kikladas f-p
Lithuanian: lt Kiklados f-p
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Kykladene
Nynorsk: nn Kykladane
Occitan: oc Ciclades m-p
Polish: pl Cyklady nv-p
Portuguese: pt Cíclades f-p
Romanian: ro Ciclade f-p
Russian: ru Киклады m-p
Slovak: sk Kyklady
Slovene: sl Kikladi m-p
Spanish: es Cícladas f-p
Swedish: sv Kykladerna c-p
Turkish: tr Kiklad Adaları
Ukrainian: uk Кіклади m-p
See also
en Dodecanese
en Sporades p
en Islands Places in Greece
en exonyms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f-p
the Cyclades
fr Islands Places in Greece
fr exonyms
Latin
Etymology
From la grc Κυκλάδες, plural of grc Κυκλάς, from grc κύκλος circle, ring.
Pronunciation
Cyclades
Proper noun
Cyclades<3.Greek.pl> f
The en Cyclades
Usage notes
A first-declension accusative singular variant la Cycladam is exceptionally recorded in the late commentary of Pomponius Porphyrion glossing the greek plural in Horace's Odes.
Declension
Cyclades<3.Greek.pl>
Related terms
la Cyclas
See also
la Amorgos Anaphē Andros Antimēlos Antiparos Cea Cia Ceos Cimolos Cuphonesium Cuphonesia Ceros Cythnos Dēlos Gyaros Helenē Hēraclea Ios Oinoē Macronesos Mēlos Myconos Naxos Paros Pholegandros Polyaigos Rēnea Schoenusa Sicinos Sifnos Serifos Sȳros Sȳrus Tēnos Thēra
References
Portuguese
Proper noun
f-p
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