Dodecanese

Do·de·ca·nese
D2O1D2E1C3A1N1E1S1E1
/ˌdəʊdɛkəˈniːz/

proper noun

An island chain consisting of twelve main Greek islands; including Rhodes, its capital.

OriginGreek Δωδεκάνησα →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island chain consisting of twelve main Greek islands; including Rhodes, its capital.
nounDodecanese pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe people of this island chain.

Origin

  1. GreekΔωδεκάνησα“twelve islands”
  2. EnglishDodecanese

From Greek Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa, “twelve islands”), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

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Translations

Basque Dodekaneso
  • Dodekanesoan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Bulgarian Додеканези
  • Додеканези (Dodekanezi)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Catalan Dodecanès
  • Dodecanèsan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Chinese Mandarin 十二群島 /十二群岛
  • 十二群島 /十二群岛 (Shí'èrqúndǎo)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Czech Dodekany, Dodekanés
  • Dodekanyan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Dodekanésan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Danish Dodekaneserne
  • Dodekanesernean island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Esperanto Dodekanesoj
  • Dodekanesojan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Finnish Dodekanesia
  • Dodekanesiaan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
French Dodécanèse
  • Dodécanèsean island chain consisting of twelve main islands
German Dodekanes
  • Dodekanesan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Greek Δωδεκάνησα
  • Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Hungarian Dodekanészosz
  • Dodekanészoszan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Icelandic Tylftareyjar
  • Tylftareyjaran island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Irish na hOileáin Dhóideacanacha
  • na hOileáin Dhóideacanachaan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Italian Dodecaneso
  • Dodecanesoan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Japanese ドデカネス
  • ドデカネスan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Korean 도데카니사
  • 도데카니사 (dodekanisa)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Latin Dodecanesus
  • Dodecanesusan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Latvian Dodekanesa
  • Dodekanesaan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Lithuanian Dodekanesas
  • Dodekanesasan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Norwegian Bokmål Dodekanesene
  • Dodekanesenean island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Polish Dodekanez
  • Dodekanezan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Portuguese Dodecaneso
  • Dodecanesoan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Romanian Dodecanez
  • Dodecanezan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Russian Додекане́с
  • Додекане́с (Dodekanés)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Slovak Dodekanisa
  • Dodekanisaan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Spanish Dodecaneso
  • Dodecanesoan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Swedish Dodekanisos
  • Dodekanisosan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Thai โดเดคะนีส
  • โดเดคะนีส (doo-dee-ká-níis)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Turkish Onikiada
  • Onikiadaan island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Ukrainian Додекане́с
  • Додекане́с (Dodekanés)an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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