Kréta
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kréta f (related adjective krétský, demonym Kréťan, female demonym Kréťanka)
- Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea)
Declension
Further reading
- “Kréta”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Kréta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Kréta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kréta f (related adjective krétsky, demonym Kréťan, female demonym Kréťanka)
- Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea)
Declension
Declension of Kréta
Further reading
- “Kréta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024