Maniot
English
Alternative forms
- Maniat, Maniate, Maniote
Etymology
From Mani + -iot. In some forms directly from Greek Μανιάτης (Maniátis).
Noun
Maniot (plural Maniots)
- 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 2020, p. 108:
- The Maniats, in particular, had never paid any taxes to the Ottomans, and refused to do so now to the agents of Kapodistrias.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin 2020, p. 108:
Translations
person from Mani
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Adjective
Maniot (not comparable)
- Pertaining to Mani or its inhabitants. [from 19th c.]
Translations
relating to Mani
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Further reading
Mani Peninsula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- I am not, Minato, manito