Ζάκυνθος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Pre-Greek (assumed Pelasgian dialect), but Proto-Hellenic *zákuntʰos can be inferred.

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀼𐀓𐀯𐀍 (za-ku-si-jo).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ζᾰ́κῠνθος (Zákunthosf (genitive Ζᾰκῠ́νθου); second declension

  1. Zakynthos, Zacynthus, Zante (an island in the Ionian Sea, Greece)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Ζάκυνθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029

Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzacinθos/
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  • Hyphenation: Ζά‧κυν‧θος

Proper noun

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Ζάκυνθος (Zákynthosf

  1. Zakynthos, Zante (Ionian island)
  2. Zakynthos, Zante (main town and capital of the island)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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