Naxos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νάξος (Náxos).

Proper noun

Naxos

1. An island in the central Cyclades
2. A town in Greece located on an homonymous island.

Derived terms

• Naxiot

Translations

an island in Greece

• Greek: Νάξος (el) n (Náxos)

  Ancient Greek: Νάξος f (Náxos)

• Inuktitut: ᓇᒃᓱᔅ (naksos)
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• Italian: Nasso f
• Latin: Naxos f
• Portuguese: Naxos f

a town in Greece

• Greek: Νάξος (el) n (Náxos)
• Latin: Naxos f
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• Portuguese: Naxos f

Anagrams

• Axson, Saxon, axons

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νάξος (Náxos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnak.sos/, [ˈnäks̠ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnak.sos/, [ˈnäksos]

Proper noun

Naxos f sg (genitive Naxī); second declension

1. The largest island of the Cyclades

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Naxos
Genitive	Naxī
Dative	Naxō
Accusative	Naxon
Ablative	Naxō
Vocative	Naxe

Related terms

• Naxius
• naxium

References

• “Naxos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Naxos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Naxos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Naxos, from Ancient Greek Νάξος (Náxos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaksus/

Proper noun

Naxos f

1. Naxos (an island and town in the South Aegean region, Greece)