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Taygetos

Taygetos proper noun: a mountain range in the prefectures of Laconia, Messenia and Arcadia on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.

Proper noun

Taygetos

  1. A mountain range in the prefectures of Laconia, Messenia and Arcadia on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.

Forms of Taygetos

alternative formTaygetus
alternative formTaugetus
alternative formTaÿgetus
alternative formTaigetos

Origin of Taygetos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταΰγετον (Taǘgeton).

Words formed from Taygetos

Questions about Taygetos

What does Taygetos mean?
Taygetos means a mountain range in the prefectures of Laconia, Messenia and Arcadia on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.
What part of speech is Taygetos?
Taygetos is a proper noun.

Words near Taygetos in the dictionary

  1. Tayes
  2. tayga
  3. Taygeta
  4. Taygetan
  5. Taygete
  6. Taygetos
  7. Taygetus
  8. Tayk
  9. tayl
  10. Tayla
  11. Tayler

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