Snake Island

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From snake +‎ island. ==== Proper noun ==== Snake Island Any of several islands with the name. Synonym: Snake ===== Coordinate terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Calque of Ukrainian о́стрів Змії́ний (óstriv Zmijínyj, “Snake Island”) or Russian о́стров Змеи́ный (óstrov Zmeínyj, “Snake Island”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Byzantine Greek Φιδονήσι (Phidonḗsi, “Snake Isle”), from Byzantine Greek φιδο (phido, “snake”) (Greek φίδι (fídi)) + νήσι (nísi, “island”). ==== Proper noun ==== Snake Island An island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, on the border with Romania. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Snake Island. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also ===