Knossos

English

Alternative forms

• Cnossus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós); perhaps from pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Knoss‧os
• AHD: /nôsôs/

Proper noun

Knossos

1. An ancient city and archaeological site in the island of Crete, in modern Greece.

Translations

an archaeological site

• Arabic: كْنُوسُوس f (knusus), (archaic) أكْنُوس f (aknus)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克諾索斯／克诺索斯, 克诺索斯 (Kènuòsuǒsī)

• Dutch: Knossos
• Esperanto: Knoso
• Finnish: Knossos
• French: Cnossos (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Knossos (de)
• Greek: Κνωσός (el) m (Knosós)

  Ancient: Κνωσός (Knōsós)

  Mycenaean: 𐀒𐀜𐀰 (ko-no-so)

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• Hebrew: קנוסוס m (knósos)
• Italian: Cnosso
• Japanese: クノッソス (Kunossosu)
• Latin: Gnōsus f, Gnōsos f, Cnossus f, Cnossos f
• Luxembourgish: Knossos
• Polish: Knossos
• Portuguese: Cnossos
• Romanian: Cnossos
• Russian: Кносс m (Knoss)
• Sicilian: Cnossu
• Swedish: Knossos
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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Polish

Proper noun

Knossos m

1. Knossos (an ancient city and archaeological site in the island of Crete, in modern Greece)

Declension

Declension of Knossos

	singular
nominative	Knossos
genitive	Knossos
dative	Knossos
accusative	Knossos
instrumental	Knossos
locative	Knossos
vocative	Knossos

Further reading

• Knossos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Knossos in Polish dictionaries at PWN