English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós); perhaps from pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Knos‧sos
- IPA(key): /ˈ(k)nɔs.əs/
Proper noun
Knossos
- An ancient city and archaeological site in the island of Crete, in modern Greece.
Translations
an archaeological site
- Arabic: كْنُوسُوس f (knusus), (archaic) أكْنُوس f (aknus)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 克諾索斯 / 克诺索斯 (Kènuòsuǒsī)
- Dutch: Knossos
- Esperanto: Knoso
- Finnish: Knossos
- French: Cnossos (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Knossos (de)
- Greek: Κνωσός (el) m (Knosós)
- Ancient: Κνωσός (Knōsós)
- Mycenaean: 𐀒𐀜𐀰 (ko-no-so)
- Hebrew: קנוסוס m (knósos)
- Italian: Cnosso
- Japanese: クノッソス (Kunossosu)
- Latin: Gnōsus f, Gnōsos f, Cnossus f, Cnossos f
- Luxembourgish: Knossos
- Minoan: 𐙂𐘝𐘲 (Kunisu); 𐘾𐘯𐘠 (Kanuti)
- Polish: Knossos m
- Portuguese: Cnossos
- Romanian: Cnossos
- Russian: Кносс m (Knoss)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Кнос m, Кносос m
- Roman: Knos m (slavicized), Knosos (sh) m
- Sicilian: Cnossu
- Spanish: knossos
- Swedish: Knossos
- Turkish: Knossos
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɔs.sɔs/
- Rhymes: -ɔssɔs
- Syllabification: Knos‧sos
Proper noun
Knossos m inan (indeclinable)
- Knossos (an ancient city and archaeological site in the island of Crete, in modern Greece)
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