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Kadmos

Kadmos is the alternative spelling of Cadmus.

Meaning of Cadmus

Proper noun (1)

Cadmus

  1. (Greek) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
  2. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.

Proper noun (2)

Cadmus (plural Cadmuses)

  1. A surname.

Questions about Kadmos

What is Kadmos the alternative spelling of?
Kadmos is the alternative spelling of Cadmus.

Words near Kadmos in the dictionary

  1. Kadlec
  2. Kadlecs
  3. Kadletz
  4. Kadletzes
  5. Kadmi
  6. Kadmos
  7. Kadnook
  8. Kado
  9. kadoban
  10. kadogo
  11. kadogos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kadmos (page history and authors); Cadmus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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