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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the name of the nymph Corcyra in Greek mythology, or Cercyra in the Doric dialect, daughter of Asopos and the river nymph Metope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kér.kyː.ra/ → /ˈcer.cy.ra/ → /ˈcer.ci.ra/
Κέρκυρα o Κόρκυρα
Proper noun
Κέρκῡρᾰ • (Kérkūra) f (genitive Κερκῡ́ρᾱς); first declension
- Corcyra; Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κέρκυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcercira/
- Hyphenation: Κέρ‧κυ‧ρα
Proper noun
Κέρκυρα • (Kérkyra) f
- Corfu (an island in Greece)
- Corfu (a city in Greece)
Usage notes
Genitive singular: also learned type Ancient Greek Κερκύρας (Kerkúras) used for names of streets and the type of butter:
- βούτυρο Κερκύρας ― voútyro Kerkýras ― Kerkyra butter.
Declension
Κέρκυρα
case \ number
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singular
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nominative
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genitive
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Κέρκυρας •
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accusative
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vocative
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Derived terms
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