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2024
Knossos
Knossos
English
Alternative forms
Cnossus
Proper noun
Knossos
An archaeological site on the island of
Crete
.
Translations
an archaeological site
Arabic:
كْنُوسُوس
f
(
knusus
)
,
(
archaic
)
أكْنُوس
f
(
aknus
)
Dutch:
Knossos
Esperanto:
Knoso
Finnish:
Knossos
French:
Cnossos
(fr)
German:
Knossos
(de)
Greek:
Κνωσός
(el)
m
(
Knosós
)
Ancient:
Κνωσός
(
Knōsós
)
Mycenaean:
𐀒𐀜𐀰
(
ko-no-so
)
Italian:
Cnosso
Japanese:
クノッソス
(
Kunossosu
)
Latin:
Gnōsus
f
,
Gnōsos
f
,
Cnossus
f
,
Cnossos
f
Luxembourgish:
Knossos
Polish:
Knossos
Portuguese:
Cnossos
Romanian:
Cnossos
Russian:
Кносс
m
(
Knoss
)
Swedish:
Knossos
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈknɔs.sos/
Proper noun
Knossos
m
Knossos
Declension
declension of
Knossos
singular
nominative
Knossos
genitive
Knossos
dative
Knossos
accusative
Knossos
instrumental
Knossos
locative
Knossos
vocative
Knossos
Etymology
From
Ancient Greek
Κνωσός
(
Knōsós
)
; perhaps from
pre-Greek
.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation:
Knoss‧os
AHD: /nôsôs/
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