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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.tʰɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /meˈθo.ni/ → /meˈθo.ni/
Proper noun
Μεθώνη • (Methṓnē) f (genitive Μεθώνης); first declension
- Methoni (a village in Peloponnese, Greece)
- (historical) Methone (an ancient city near present-day Methoni in Peloponnese, Greece)
- Methoni (a village in Central Macedonia, Greece)
- (historical) Methone (an ancient city-state near present-day Methoni in Central Macedonia, Greece)
- (historical) Methone (an ancient city-state near present-day Ano Lechonia in Thessaly, Greece)
- (historical) Former name of Μέθανα (Méthana), Methana (a city in Attica, Greece)
- (Greek mythology) Methone (one of the Alkyonides)
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