Etymology

Rethymno

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Today it means: The third-largest city in Crete, Greece. Full definition →

Greek Ρέθυμνο ← Ancient Greek Ρίθυμνα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΡίθυμνα
  2. Greek · borrowed fromΡέθυμνο
  3. English todayRethymno

From Greek Ρέθυμνο (Réthymno), from Ancient Greek Ρίθυμνα (Ríthumna).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.