Maniot

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Etymology

From Mani +‎ -iot. In some forms directly from Greek Μανιάτης (Maniátis).

Noun

Maniot (plural Maniots)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Mani Peninsula in (what is now) southern Greece. [from 17th c.]
    • 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 108:
      The Maniats, in particular, had never paid any taxes to the Ottomans, and refused to do so now to the agents of Kapodistrias.

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Adjective

Maniot (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Mani or its inhabitants. [from 19th c.]

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