Skyriot

Syllables: Skyr·i·ot/ˈskiː.ɹi.ət/US/ˈski.ɹi.ət/

Skyriot noun: one of the inhabitants of the Greek island of Skyros.

Noun

Skyriot (plural Skyriots)

One of the inhabitants of the Greek island of Skyros.
- Many years later, say the Skyriots, the British fleet with [Rupert] Brooke on board, was steaming north to free Constantinople from the Turks. The poet was dangerously ill, and when his ship came abreast of Skyros – strange destiny! – he died. His friends who were with him remembered his wish, and...1965, Michael Carroll, “Skyros: A Poet’s Grave”, in Gates of the Wind: On the Northern Sporades, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished as An Island in Greece: On the Shores of Skopelos, London...
- He launched into a long rigmarole of which I understood no word: the Skyriots speak a language all their own, and are unintelligible even to the Psariots, who inhabit the next island. But his tone, and the uninhibited delight of his expression, were eloquence enough.1965, “Strangers on Skyros”, in Blackwood’s Magazine, volume 297, London: William Blackwood, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 312

Skyriot (not comparable)

Of or relating to Skyros or its inhabitants.
- Skyriot wares are hardly exported at all, except to Athens for the benefit of the folk-art enthusiasts. I have never met them outside the island except at the little town of Kyme on the east coast of Euboea opposite Skyros. Here it is natural to expect them, for Kyme is the nearest mainland town to...1938 December, Stanley Casson, “The Modern Pottery Trade in the Aegean”, in O[sbert] G[uy] S[tanhope] Crawford, Roland Austin, editors, Antiquity: A Quarterly Review of Archaeology, volume XII...
- The [Rupert] Brooke legend has grown its own Skyriot trappings. We were told in Linaria how it had all happened, how before the war the poet was visiting Greece and came to Skyros; how he found the olive grove in this little valley and spent the whole night there in the company of his closest...1965, Michael Carroll, “Skyros: A Poet’s Grave”, in Gates of the Wind: On the Northern Sporades, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished in An Island in Greece: On the Shores of Skopelos, London...

Many years later, say the Skyriots, the British fleet with [Rupert] Brooke on board, was steaming north to free Constantinople from the Turks.1965, Michael Carroll, “Skyros: A Poet’s Grave”, in Gates of the Wind: On the Northern Sporades, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished as...
Skyriot wares are hardly exported at all, except to Athens for the benefit of the folk-art enthusiasts.1938 December, Stanley Casson, “The Modern Pottery Trade in the Aegean”, in O[sbert] G[uy] S[tanhope] Crawford, Roland Austin, editors...
The [Rupert] Brooke legend has grown its own Skyriot trappings.1965, Michael Carroll, “Skyros: A Poet’s Grave”, in Gates of the Wind: On the Northern Sporades, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished in...
I never saw the little Skyriot horses which lived in the mountains all the winter and came down to do farm work and be raced on the sands in the summer.2002, Elizabeth Jane Howard, “Part Three”, in Slipstream: A Memoir, London: Macmillan, →ISBN; republished London: Pan Macmillan, 2003...

plural	Skyriots

From Skyros + -iot.

What does Skyriot mean?: Skyriot means one of the inhabitants of the Greek island of Skyros.
How do you use Skyriot in a sentence?: Many years later, say the Skyriots, the British fleet with [Rupert] Brooke on board, was steaming north to free Constantinople from the Turks.
What part of speech is Skyriot?: Skyriot can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Skyriot?: Skyriot is pronounced /ˈskiː.ɹi.ət/ (UK).
What is the plural of Skyriot?: The plural of Skyriot is Skyriots.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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