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Dodecanese

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈniːz/
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1

name

Meaning 1

An island chain consisting of twelve main Greek islands; including Rhodes, its capital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The people of this island chain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dhodhekanisos

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Aegean island

History

Etymology

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.

  • Albanian: Dodekanes — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Armenian: Դոդեկանես (Dodekanes) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Asturian: Dodecanesu — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Basque: Dodekaneso — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Belarusian: Дадэканес (Dadekanjes) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Breton: Dodekanesa — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Bulgarian: Додеканези (Dodekanezi) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Catalan: Dodecanès — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十二群島 /十二群岛 (Shí'èrqúndǎo) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Corsican: Dudicanesu — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Czech: Dodekany — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Czech: Dodekanés — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Danish: Dodekaneserne — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Esperanto: Dodekanesoj — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Faroese: Dodekanes — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Faroese: Dodekanesos — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Finnish: Dodekanesia — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • French: Dodécanèse — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Galician: Dodecaneso — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Georgian: დოდეკანესი (dodeḳanesi) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • German: Dodekanes — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Greek: Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Hungarian: Dodekanészosz — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Icelandic: Tylftareyjar — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Irish: na hOileáin Dhóideacanacha — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Italian: Dodecaneso — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Japanese: ドデカネス — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Korean: 도데카니사 (dodekanisa) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Latin: Dodecanesus — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Latvian: Dodekanesa — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Lithuanian: Dodekanesas — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Macedonian: Додеканези (Dodekanezi) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Macedonian: Додекани (Dodekani) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Norman: Îles Dodécanèses — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dodekanesene — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dodekanesane — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Polish: Dodekanez — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Portuguese: Dodecaneso — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Romanian: Dodecanez — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Russian: Додекане́с (Dodekanés) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Serbo-Croatian: Додека̀не̄з — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dodekànēz — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Sicilian: Dodecannesu — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Slovak: Dodekanisa — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Slovene: Dodekanez — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Spanish: Dodecaneso — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Swedish: Dodekanisos — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Thai: โดเดคะนีส (doo-dee-ká-níis) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Turkish: Onikiada — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Ukrainian: Додекане́с (Dodekanés) — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
  • Waray-Waray: Dodekanesa — an island chain consisting of twelve main islands
Real reading context

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