Cyclades

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saɪkleɪdz/, /ˈsɪklədiːz/ === Proper noun === Cyclades pl An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and others. ==== Usage notes ==== Used with the definite article (the Cyclades), unless some islands are specified. ==== Derived terms ==== Cycladic ==== Translations ==== === See also === Dodecanese Sporades pl == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /si.klad/ === Proper noun === Cyclades f pl (plural only) the Cyclades == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈky.kɫa.dɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.kla.des] === Proper noun === Cyclades f pl (genitive Cycladum); third declension The Cyclades ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only. ==== Usage notes ==== A first-declension accusative singular variant Cycladam is exceptionally recorded in the late commentary of Pomponius Porphyrion glossing the greek plural in Horace's Odes. ==== Related terms ==== Cyclas ==== See also ==== === References === “Cyclades”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Cyclades”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Cyclades f pl (plural only) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cíclades