Zmiinyi Island
English
Etymology
From Ukrainian О́стрів Змії́ний (Óstriv Zmijínyj, “Snake Island”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Russian Змеиный (Zmeinyj, “Serpent”), from Greek Φιδονήσι (Fidonísi, “Snake Isle”), from Greek φιδο (fido, “snake”)+νήσι (nísi, “island”). Renamed by the Ottoman Greeks to Snake Island, from its previous name Isle Achilles (Achilleis).
Proper noun
Zmiinyi Island
- Snake Island (an island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine,, on the border with Romania)
Synonyms
- See Snake Island
Translations
Snake Island — see Snake Island