Etymology

Larnaca

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Today it means: A city on the south coast of Cyprus, capital of the district of the same name Full definition →

Greek Λάρνακα ← Ancient Greek λάρναξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλάρναξ“larnax; chest, coffer, box”
  2. Greek · learned borrowing fromΛάρνακα
  3. English todayLarnaca

By surface analysis, learned borrowing from Greek Λάρνακα (Lárnaka). Ultimately from Ancient Greek λάρναξ (lárnax, “larnax; chest, coffer, box”) (whence also Modern Greek λάρνακα (lárnaka)).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλάρναξ all →

larnax

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