Cephalonia

English

Alternative forms

• Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, Kefallonia, Kefalonia, Kephallenia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛfəˈləʊniə/, /ˌkɛfəˈləʊniə/

Proper noun

Cephalonia

1. An island of Greece in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.

   Coordinate terms: Corfu, Ithaca, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxos, Zakynthos

   • 2023 June 9, DarkSky International, Aenos National Park named first International Dark Sky Park in Greece‎^[1]:

     “An idea, a vision, the change of the policy towards the protection of the night sky as a natural resource, as well as the enthusiasm of people of Kefalonia towards the magic of the dark sky led to the declaration of Aenos National Park as the first Dark Sky Park of Greece,” said Michalis Xanthakis, Deputy Head of Management Unit of Zakynthos and Ainos National Parks and Protected Areas of the Ionian islands.

Derived terms

• Cephalonian
• Cephaloniot

Translations

Greek island

• Albanian: Qefalonía f, Qefalinía f
• Armenian: Կեֆալոնիա (Kefalonia)
• Czech: Kefalonia f
• Finnish: Kefaloniá
• French: Céphalonie (fr) f
• Georgian: კეფალონია (ḳepalonia)
• Greek: Κεφαλλονιά (el) f (Kefalloniá)

  Ancient: Κεφαλληνία f (Kephallēnía)

• Hungarian: Kefaloniá, Kefalónia
• Italian: Cefalonia f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: Kefalonija f
• Polish: Kefalinia f
• Portuguese: Cefalónia f (European), Cefalônia f (Brazilian)
• Russian: Кефали́ния (Kefalínija), Кефало́ния (Kefalónija)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can