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Samos
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samos
English
Etymology
en :bor grc:Σάμος + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈseɪ.mɒs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Samos.wav Southern England
Proper noun
An island belonging to the Sporades and a city on it, in the Aegean.
A modern Greek prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean that includes the island along with the islands of Icaria and Fourni.
Derived terms
en Samean
en Samian
en Samiot
Translations
an island belonging to the Sporades and a city
Bulgarian: bg Са́мос m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩摩斯島 Sàmósī Dǎo
Dutch: nl Samos
Esperanto: eo Samoso
French: fr Samos
Galician: gl Samos
German: de Samos,
Greek: el Σάμος f
Ancient Greek: grc Σάμος f
Italian: it Samo f
Latin: la Samus f
Persian: fa ساموس sâmus, fa شامس šâmes, fa شاموس šâmus
Polish: pl Samos f
Portuguese: pt Samos f
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: ota سیسام sîsâm
a prefecture in the eastern part of the Aegean
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩摩斯 Sàmósī
Dutch: nl Samos
French: fr Samos
Galician: gl Samos
German: de Samos,
Greek: el Σάμος f
Ancient Greek: grc Σᾰ́μος f
Polish: pl Samos f
Norwegian: no Samos
Anagrams
en amoss masso- Masso As. Mos. soams somsa somas
en Cities in Greece Islands Places in Greece
Catalan
Proper noun
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en Samos (island)
Galician
thumb|The monastery of Samos today
Etymology
From an earlier gl Samãos. Attested as la Samanos in local early Medieval Latin documents, it being the name of a local monastery founded under Suevic or Gothic rule in the 6th or 7th century; either from gl gem-pro *samanai, cf. got 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 together and goh gisemini congregation, or from a gl qsb-ibe -, from a gl cel - cognate of this Germanic forms.
Pronunciation
gl /ˈsamo̝s/
Proper noun
gl town/and/municipality p/Lugo autonomous community/Galicia c/Spain
gl parish municipality/Samos p/Lugo autonomous community/Galicia
References
Boullón Agrelo Ana Isabel Antroponimia medieval galega (ss. VIII–XII) 1999 Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen 3-484-55512-2 404
Latin
Alternative forms
la Samus
Etymology
la Samos :translit grc:Σάμος + 1
Pronunciation
Samos
Proper noun
Samos<2> f
Samos
Declension
Samos<2.loc>
Related terms
la Samia Samius Samii Samiārius Samiolus
References
Samus
la Greece Islands
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt island/city/municipality/and/regional unit r/North Aegean c/Greece Samos