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Cyclades

Syllabification: (Cyc·la·des)
Pronunciation: /ˈsikləˌdēz/
Definition of Cyclades
  • a large group of islands in the southern Aegean Sea, regarded in antiquity as circling around the sacred island of Delos. Greek name Kikládhes.

Origin:

Latin, based on Greek kuklos 'circle'

Cyclades in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Cyclades in the British & World English dictionary