Zmiinyi Island

From Ukrainian О́стрів Змії́ний (Óstriv Zmijínyj, “Óstriv Zmiyínyy”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Russian Змеиный (Zmeinyj, “Zmeinyy”), from Greek Φιδονήσι (Fidonísi, “Fidonisi”), from Greek φιδο (fido, “fido”)+νήσι (nísi, “nisi”). Renamed by the Ottoman Greeks to Snake Island, from its previous name Isle Achilles (Achilleis).

Zmiinyi Island

1. Snake Island (an island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine,, on the border with Romania)

See Snake Island