Cyclades

Cyclades

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪkleɪdz/

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 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 Italian: Cicladi m pl Latin: Cyclades Latvian: Kikladas f pl

Lithuanian: Kiklados f pl Norwegian: Bokmål: Kykladene Nynorsk: Kykladane Polish: Cyklady (pl) m pl Portuguese: Cíclades f pl Romanian: Ciclade f pl Russian: Киклады 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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.klad/

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl

1. The Cyclades

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Latin

Proper noun

Cycladēs f pl (genitive Cycladum); third declension

1. The Cyclades

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl

1. Obsolete spelling of Cíclades (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).