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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀστυπάλαια (Astupálaia).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Astypalaea f sg (genitive Astypalaeae); first declension
- An island situated near Crete
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Astypalaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Astypalaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Astypalaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly