Knossos

English

Alternative forms

• Cnossus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós); perhaps from pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Knos‧sos
• IPA^(key): /ˈ(k)nɔs.əs/, /ˈknos.os/

Proper noun

Knossos

1. 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
• 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
• Swedish: Knossos
• Turkish: Knossos

Polish

Knossos

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔs.sɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔssɔs
• Syllabification: Knos‧sos

Proper noun

Knossos m inan (indeclinable)

1. Knossos (an ancient city and archaeological site in the island of Crete, in modern Greece)

Further reading

• Knossos in PWN's encyclopedia