Maniot

English

Alternative forms

• Maniat, Maniate, Maniote

Etymology

From Mani +‎ -iot. In some forms directly from Greek Μανιάτης (Maniátis).

Noun

Maniot (plural Maniots)

1. A native or inhabitant of the Mani Peninsula in (what is now) southern Greece. [from 17th c.]
   • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 108:

     The Maniats, in particular, had never paid any taxes to the Ottomans, and refused to do so now to the agents of Kapodistrias.

Translations

person from Mani

• Greek: Μανιάτης (el) m (Maniátis)

Adjective

Maniot (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Mani or its inhabitants. [from 19th c.]

Translations

relating to Mani

• Greek: μανιάτικος (el) (maniátikos), Μανιάτικα (el) (Maniátika) (the idiom)

Further reading

• Maniots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mani Peninsula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• I am not, Minato, manito