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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɾiˈθɾe.a/
- Hyphenation: Ε‧ρυ‧θραί‧α
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Eruthraíā) (adjective), feminine of adjective Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). Substantivised by ellipsis of a noun e.g. χώρα f (khṓra, “land, country”) for the peninsula of Asia Minor where Ἐρυθραί f (Eruthraí, “the city of Erythrae”) was situated.
Proper noun
Ερυθραία • (Erythraía) f
- (historical) the territory of the peninsula of Erythrae in Asia Minor
- (historical) An ancient city in Boeotia, in modern Greece
Declension
Declension of Ερυθραία
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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Ερυθραία (Erythraía)
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Ερυθραίες (Erythraíes)
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genitive
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Ερυθραίας (Erythraías)
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Ερυθραιών (Erythraión)
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accusative
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Ερυθραία (Erythraía)
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Ερυθραίες (Erythraíes)
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vocative
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Ερυθραία (Erythraía)
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Ερυθραίες (Erythraíes)
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- Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí, other cities with a similar name)
- ερυθραϊκός (erythraïkós, “Erythraea”, adjective)
- Ερυθραίος (Erythraíos, “Erythraean”)
- Ερυθραιώτης m (Erythraiótis, “Erythraean or from the suburb New Erythraea”) / Ερυθραιώτισσα f (Erythraiótissa)
- Νέα (Néa) Ερυθραία "New Erythraea", suburb of Athens
- πανερυθραϊκός (panerythraïkós, “panerythraean”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian Eritrea,[1] from Ancient Greek Ἐρῠθραίᾱ (Eruthraíā), feminine of the adjective Ἐρυθραῖος (Eruthraîos), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). As in the phrase Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa) (in Herodous Ἐρυθρὴ θάλασσα (Eruthrḕ thálassa) literally Red Sea.
Proper noun
Ερυθραία • (Erythraía) f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Proper noun
Ερυθραία • (Erythraía) f (plural Ερυθραίες, masculine Ερυθραίος)
- Eritrean (a female person from Eritrea or of Eritrean ethnicity). in Africa
- Ερυθραίος m (Erythraíos, “Eritrean”)
- Ερυθραία f (Erythraía, “Eritrean”)
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