Dodecanese

See also: Dodécanèse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈniːz/
Hyphenation: Do‧de‧ca‧nese

Proper noun

Dodecanese

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

Translations

an island chain consisting of twelve main islands

Albanian: Dodekanes m
Armenian: Դոդեկանես (hy) (Dodekanes)
Asturian: Dodecanesu m
Basque: Dodekaneso
Belarusian: Дадэканес m (Dadekanjes)
Breton: Dodekanesa m
Bulgarian: Додеканези (Dodekanezi)
Catalan: Dodecanès m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十二群島／十二群岛 (Shí'èrqúndǎo)
Corsican: Dudicanesu m
Czech: Dodekany, Dodekanés
Danish: Dodekaneserne c pl
Esperanto: Dodekanesoj pl
Faroese: Dodekanes, Dodekanesos
Finnish: Dodekanesia (fi)
French: Dodécanèse (fr) m
Galician: Dodecaneso m
Georgian: დოდეკანესი (dodeḳanesi)
German: Dodekanes m
Greek: Δωδεκάνησα (el) n pl (Dodekánisa)
Hungarian: Dodekanészosz
Icelandic: Tylftareyjar
Irish: na hOileáin Dhóideacanacha m pl
Italian: Dodecaneso m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ドデカーニソ (Dodeká-niso), ドデカネス
Korean: 도데카니사 (dodekanisa)
Latin: Dodecanesus
Latvian: Dodekanesa f
Lithuanian: Dodekanesas m
Macedonian: Додеканези (Dodekanezi), Додекани (Dodekani)
Norman: Îles Dodécanèses f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Dodekanesene

Nynorsk: Dodekanesane
Polish: Dodekanez (pl) m
Portuguese: Dodecaneso m
Romanian: Dodecanez
Russian: Додекане́с m (Dodekanés)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Додека̀не̄з m

Roman: Dodekànēz (sh) m
Sicilian: Dodecannesu m
Slovak: Dodekanisa
Slovene: Dodekanez
Spanish: Dodecaneso m
Swedish: Dodekanisos
Thai: โดเดคะนีส (th) (doo-dee-ká-níis)
Turkish: Onikiada
Ukrainian: Додекане́с m (Dodekanés)
Waray-Waray: Dodekanesa

Noun

Dodecanese pl (plural only)

The people of this island chain.