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An island chain consisting of twelve main Greek islands; including Rhodes, its capital.
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The people of this island chain.
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a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea
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Synonyms: Dhodhekanisos
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Aegean island
From Greek Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa, “twelve islands”), from δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
Dodekanes
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Armenian:
Դոդեկանես
(Dodekanes)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Asturian:
Dodecanesu
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Basque:
Dodekaneso
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Belarusian:
Дадэканес
(Dadekanjes)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Breton:
Dodekanesa
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Bulgarian:
Додеканези
(Dodekanezi)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Catalan:
Dodecanès
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Chinese Mandarin:
十二群島 /十二群岛
(Shí'èrqúndǎo)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Corsican:
Dudicanesu
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Czech:
Dodekany
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Czech:
Dodekanés
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Danish:
Dodekaneserne
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Esperanto:
Dodekanesoj
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Faroese:
Dodekanes
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Faroese:
Dodekanesos
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Finnish:
Dodekanesia
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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French:
Dodécanèse
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Galician:
Dodecaneso
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Georgian:
დოდეკანესი
(dodeḳanesi)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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German:
Dodekanes
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Greek:
Δωδεκάνησα
(Dodekánisa)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Hungarian:
Dodekanészosz
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Icelandic:
Tylftareyjar
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Irish:
na hOileáin Dhóideacanacha
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Italian:
Dodecaneso
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Japanese:
ドデカネス
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Korean:
도데카니사
(dodekanisa)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Latin:
Dodecanesus
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Latvian:
Dodekanesa
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Lithuanian:
Dodekanesas
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Macedonian:
Додеканези
(Dodekanezi)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Macedonian:
Додекани
(Dodekani)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Norman:
Îles Dodécanèses
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Norwegian Bokmål:
Dodekanesene
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
Dodekanesane
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Polish:
Dodekanez
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Portuguese:
Dodecaneso
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Romanian:
Dodecanez
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Russian:
Додекане́с
(Dodekanés)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Serbo-Croatian:
Додека̀не̄з
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Serbo-Croatian:
Dodekànēz
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Sicilian:
Dodecannesu
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Slovak:
Dodekanisa
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Slovene:
Dodekanez
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Spanish:
Dodecaneso
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Swedish:
Dodekanisos
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Thai:
โดเดคะนีส
(doo-dee-ká-níis)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Turkish:
Onikiada
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Ukrainian:
Додекане́с
(Dodekanés)
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
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Waray-Waray:
Dodekanesa
— an island chain consisting of twelve main islands