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Kythira

Kythira proper noun: an island of Greece in the south-east Ionian Sea at the opening to the Aegean Sea.

Proper noun

Kythira

  1. An island of Greece in the south-east Ionian Sea at the opening to the Aegean Sea.

Forms of Kythira

alternative formCythera
alternative formKythera
alternative formKithira

Origin of Kythira

Borrowed from Greek Κύθηρα (Kýthira).

Questions about Kythira

What does Kythira mean?
Kythira means an island of Greece in the south-east Ionian Sea at the opening to the Aegean Sea.
What part of speech is Kythira?
Kythira is a proper noun.

Words near Kythira in the dictionary

  1. Kythera
  2. Kytherian
  3. Kytherians
  4. kythes
  5. kything
  6. Kythira
  7. Kythira Strait
  8. Kythnos
  9. kytle
  10. kytles
  11. kytoon

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