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.

Derived terms

• Cycladic

Translations

island chain

• Bulgarian: Циклади m pl (Cikladi)
• Catalan: Cíclades m pl
• Corsican: Cicladi m pl
• Czech: Kyklady m pl
• Danish: Kykladerne c pl
• Dutch: Cycladen m pl
• Estonian: Küklaadid
• Finnish: Kykladit (fi) pl
• French: Cyclades (fr) f pl
• German: Kykladen (de)
• Greek: Κυκλάδες (el) (Kykládes)

  Ancient: Κυκλάδες (Kukládes)

• Hungarian: Kükládok
• Irish: na Ciocláidí f pl
• Italian: Cicladi m pl
• Latin: Cyclades f pl
• Latvian: Kikladas f pl
• Lithuanian: Kiklados f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kykladene

  Nynorsk: Kykladane

• Occitan: Ciclades m pl
• Polish: Cyklady (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: Cíclades f pl
• Romanian: Ciclade f pl
• Russian: Киклады (ru) m pl (Kiklady)
• Slovak: Kyklady
• Slovene: Kikladi (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Cícladas f pl
• Swedish: Kykladerna c pl
• Turkish: Kiklad Adaları
• Ukrainian: Кіклади m pl (Kiklady)

See also

• Dodecanese
• Sporades pl

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.klad/

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl (plural only)

1. the Cyclades

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cycladās

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈky.kla.deːs/, [ˈkʏkɫ̪äd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kla.des/, [ˈt͡ʃiːkläd̪es]

Proper noun

Cycladēs f pl (genitive Cycladum); third declension

1. The Cyclades

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	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. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cíclades.