Cyclades

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪkleɪdz/, /ˈsɪklədiːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Cyclades pl

1. An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and others.

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
• Corsican: Cicladi 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 Greek: Κυκλάδες (Kukládes)

• Hungarian: Kükládok
• Irish: na Ciocláidí f pl
• Italian: Cicladi m pl
• Latin: Cyclades f pl
• Latvian: Kikladas f pl
• Lithuanian: Kiklados f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kykladene

  Nynorsk: Kykladane

• Occitan: Ciclades m pl
• Polish: Cyklady (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: Cíclades f pl
• Romanian: Ciclade f pl
• Russian: Киклады (ru) 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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.klad/

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl (plural only)

1. the Cyclades

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cycladās

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈky.kɫa.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.kla.des]

Proper noun

Cycladēs f pl (genitive Cycladum); third declension

1. The Cyclades

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Cycladēs
genitive	Cycladum
dative	Cycladibus
accusative	Cycladēs
ablative	Cycladibus
vocative	Cycladēs

Related terms

• Amorgos
• Anaphē
• Andros
• Antimēlos
• Antiparos
• Cea
• Ceos
• Ceros
• Cia
• Cimolos
• Cuphonesia
• Cuphonesium
• Cythnos
• Dēlos
• Gyaros
• Helenē
• Hēraclea
• Ios
• Macronesos
• Mēlos
• Myconos
• Naxos
• Oinoē
• Paros
• Pholegandros
• Polyaigos
• Rēnea
• Schoenusa
• Serifos
• Sicinos
• Sifnos
• Sȳros
• Sȳrus
• Tēnos
• Thēra

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.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cyclades f pl (plural only)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cíclades