Argos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).

Proper noun

Argos (plural Argoses)

1. A city in the Peloponnese, Greece.
2. (Greek mythology) The dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
3. (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Argus (“many-eyed servant of Hera”)
4. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Greece.
5. A river in Murcia, Spain; flowing from Caravaca de la Cruz into the Segura at Calasparra.

Related terms

• Argot

Translations

city in Greece

• Armenian: Արգոս (hy) (Argos)
• Danish: Argos
• Greek: Άργος (el) n (Árgos)

  Ancient: Ἄργος n (Árgos)

• Greenlandic: Argosi
• Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᒍᔅ (arcos)
• Italian: Argo (it)
• Japanese: アルゴス (Arugosu)
• Marathi: आर्गोस (ārgos)
• Polish: Argos (pl) n
• Portuguese: Argos (pt) f
• Russian: А́ргос (ru) m (Árgos)
• Turkish: Argos

Anagrams

• Garos, Goars, Goras, Ragos, goras, sargo

Catalan

Proper noun

Argos m

1. Argos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡus/ [ˈaɦ.ɡus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡus/ [ˈaɦ.ɡus]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɡus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ɡuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ɡos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɡuʃ/ [ˈaɾ.ɣuʃ]

• Hyphenation: Ar‧gos

Proper noun

Argos

1. Argos (a city in Argolis, Greece)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾɡos/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞os]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡos
• Syllabification: Ar‧gos

Proper noun

Argos f

1. Argos (a city in Argolis, Greece)