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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from a Pre-Greek culture in the island, so possibly a variation of Βῆλος (Bêlos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ̂ː.los/ → /ˈmi.los/ → /ˈmi.los/
Proper noun
Μῆλος • (Mêlos) f (genitive Μήλου); second declension
- Malos or Melos or Milos, an island in the Cyclades, Greece
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References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017