Samothrace

English

Alternative forms

• Samothraki

Etymology

From Latin Samothrācē, from Ancient Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē, “Samian Thrace”), from Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmoʊˌθreɪs/, /ˈsæməˌθreɪs/

Proper noun

Samothrace

1. An island of Greece in the Aegean.

Derived terms

• Samothracian

Translations

island

• Bulgarian: Самотраки m (Samotraki)
• French: Samothrace (fr)
• German: Samothraki n, Samothrazien n
• Greek: Σαμοθράκη (el) f (Samothráki)

  Ancient Greek: Σαμοθρᾴκη f (Samothrāíkē)

• Italian: Samotracia f
• Latin: Samothrāce f, Samothrācia f
• Occitan: Samotràcia
• Polish: Samotraka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Samotrácia f
• Russian: Самотра́ки m (Samotráki), Самофра́ки m (Samofráki)
• Spanish: Samotracia f
• Turkish: Semadirek

  Ottoman Turkish: سمادیرك (Semadirek)

Anagrams

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French

Proper noun

Samothrace f

1. Samothrace

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sa.mɔˈtʰraː.keː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sa.moˈtraː.t͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Samothrācē f

1. alternative form of Samothracia
   • Lucius Annaeus Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.28:

     Absens ergo victus fugit in maria insulamque Samothracen, fretus celebri religione

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