Cyclades

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saɪkleɪdz/, /ˈsɪklədiːz/

Proper noun

Cyclades pl

  1. An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and Zea.

Usage notes

Used with the definite article (The Cyclades), unless some islands are specified.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.klad/

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl (plural only)

  1. the Cyclades

Latin

Proper noun

Cycladēs f pl (genitive Cycladum); third declension

  1. The Cyclades

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Cycladēs
Genitive Cycladum
Dative Cycladibus
Accusative Cycladēs
Ablative Cycladibus
Vocative Cycladēs

References
  • “Cyclades”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cyclades in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl

  1. Obsolete spelling of Cíclades (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).
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