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| {{for|the plural of Italian-derived "agio"|Agio}} | |||
| {{wiktionary|agios}} | |||
| '''Agios''' may be a plural of the word ]. It may also refer to: | |||
| '''''Agios''''' ({{langx|el|Άγιος}}), plural '''''Agioi''''' ({{lang|el|Άγιοι}}), transcribes ] Greek words meaning ']' or ']' (for example ], ]). It is frequently shortened in colloquial language to ''Ai'' (for example ]). In ] script it is written ''Hagios'' ({{lang|grc|Ἅγιος}}) (for example ]). It is also transliterated as, ], ''Haghios'', ''Ayios'', ''Aghios'' (for example ], ], respectively) in the singular form, and ''Haghioi'', ''Ayioi'', ''Aghioi'', ''Ayii'' in the plural (for example ], ], ] respectively). | |||
| ==Saints== | |||
| {{wiktionary|άγιος}} | |||
| '''Agios''' is also a transliteration of Greek 'Άγιος', meaning ']'. It is equivalent to the English-language epithet ']'. For example, St John is known in Greek and related languages as 'Agios Ioannis'. Greek 'Άγιος' may also be transliterated as 'Aghios'. See also ] (meaning 'Saints') and ] (the female epithet). | |||
| The feminine is ''agia'', ''ayia'', ''aghia'', ''hagia'' or ''haghia'' (Greek: {{lang|el|Αγία}} or in polytonic form {{lang|grc|Ἁγία}}), for example ''Agia Varvara'' (]). | |||
| ==Places== | |||
| '''Agios''' forms part of the name of many places in Greece and Cyprus. | |||
| '''Places''' known as 'Agios' include: | |||
| * Agios, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios, a settlement near ], Euboea, Greece | |||
| * ], Achaea, a neighbourhood in Greece | |||
| * Agios Amvrosios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Esentepe and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Andreas, a division of ], a town in Elis, Greece | |||
| * Agios Andreas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Andreas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Andreas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], Achaea, a neighbourhood in Greece | |||
| * Agios Andreas Beach, in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Andronios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Topçuköy and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Andronikos, a town formerly in Greece, now called Yeşilköy and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Antonios, a settlement in ], Crete, Greece | |||
| * ], a railway station in Athens, Greece | |||
| * Agios Apostolios, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Arsenios, a village of ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Athanasios, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Athanasios, a settlement near Paralia Kalamiotissa, ], Greece | |||
| * ], a village in Greece | |||
| * ], a village | |||
| * Agios Charalampos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], a village | |||
| * Agios Charalampos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Chartion, a town formerly in Greece, now called Ergenekon and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * ], a city in Kozani, Greece | |||
| * Agios Christoforos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], the name of many places in Greece and Cyprus, and a Greek-American school | |||
| * ], Achaea, a neighbourhood in Greece | |||
| * ], a suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Efstathios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Zeybekköy and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Efstratios, a Greek island. See ] | |||
| * Agios Efstratios, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], the name of two villages in Greece | |||
| * ], a tiny church in Athens, Greece | |||
| * Agios Epiktios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Çatalköy and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Ermolaos, a town formerly in Greece, now called Şinnevler and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Eustratios, a Greek island. See ] | |||
| * ], the name of many places and churches in Greece and Cyprus | |||
| * ], a village in Macedonia, Greece | |||
| * ], a village in Corfu, Greece | |||
| * Agios Iakovo, a town formerly in Greece, now called Altınova and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * ], the name of two villages in Greece | |||
| * Agios Ilias Thiras, a settlement in ], Cyclades, Greece | |||
| * ], the name of many places in Greece | |||
| * ], the name of a few places in Greece | |||
| * ], a municipality in Icaria, Greece | |||
| * ], the name of a few places in Greece | |||
| * Agios Kosmas, a beach in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Kyprianos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Kyrillos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Loukas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Mamas, a beach of ], one of the islands of Greece | |||
| * Agios Mammas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], Chios, a municipality in Greece | |||
| * ], a neighbourhood in Greece | |||
| * ], Lefkada, a town and municipality in Greece | |||
| * ], the name of many places in Greece | |||
| * ], the name of several places in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Onoufrios, a district of ], Corfu, Greece | |||
| * Agios Panteleimonas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], a settlement in Elis, Greece | |||
| * Agios Panteleimonas, a settlement in ], Arcadia, Greece | |||
| * Agios Pavlos, a beach on the south coast of ], Greece | |||
| * ], Thessaloniki, a municipality in Greece | |||
| * ], a village in Greece | |||
| * ], a town in Greece | |||
| * ], a village in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece | |||
| * Agios Prokopios, a settlement on ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Prokopios, a village in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Semnis, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], a village in Phthiotis, Greece | |||
| * Agios Sergios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Yeniboğayiçi and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Silas, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], a village at the border of three prefectures in Greece | |||
| * ], the name of two villages and a municipality in Greece | |||
| * ], a village in Greece | |||
| * Agios Stefanos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Stefanos, a settlement in ], Crete, Greece | |||
| * Agios Stefanos, a settlement on ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Stefanos, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * ], East Attica, a suburb in Greece | |||
| * ], a sandy beach in Greece | |||
| * Agios Symeon, a town formerly in Greece, now called Avtepe and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * Agios Theodoros, a town formerly in Greece, now called Çayırova and part of ] in Cyprus | |||
| * ], the name of several places in Greece | |||
| * ], the name of two villages in Greece | |||
| * Agios Vasillios, a village formerly in Greece, now called ] and part of Sinop Province in Turkey | |||
| * ], the name of several places in Greece and Cyprus | |||
| * Ano Agios Vlassios, a settlement in ], Greece | |||
| * Agios Yiannis, alternative transliteration of ], the name of many places in Greece | |||
| ==Other== | |||
| '''Other''' uses of 'Agios' include: | |||
| * ''Agios o Theos, agios ischyros, agios athanatos, eleison imas'', the ] hymn of the Divine Liturgy | |||
| * ], a football club in Agios Dimitrios, Greece | |||
| * ] in Patras, Greece | |||
| * ], an athletics club in Agios Dimitrios, Greece | |||
| * ], a museum in Ikaria, Greece | |||
| * ] in Athens, Greece | |||
| * ] in Crete, Greece | |||
| * Agios Pharmaceuticals <ref>[http://www.agios.com/</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| * {{wiktionary-inline|άγιος}} | |||
| * ], the Greek female epithet meaning 'Saint' | |||
| * ], the feminine form of the word in Greek | |||
| * ], the Greek epithet meaning 'Saints' | |||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ] | |||
| * ], a surname | * ], a surname | ||
| * '']'', an Armenian newspaper | * '']'', an Armenian newspaper | ||
| * ], a clan and language spoken by that clan in Nigeria | |||
| * AGIO, the ] | |||
| *{{look from|Agios}} | |||
| *{{look from|Ayios}} | |||
| *{{look from|Aghios}} | |||
| *{{look from|Hagios}} | |||
| *{{look from|Agioi}} | |||
| *{{look from|Ayioi}} | |||
| *{{look from|Aghioi}} | |||
| ] | |||
| {{disambig}} | |||
Latest revision as of 00:21, 27 October 2024
For the plural of Italian-derived "agio", see Agio.Agios (Greek: Άγιος), plural Agioi (Άγιοι), transcribes masculine gender Greek words meaning 'sacred' or 'saint' (for example Agios Dimitrios, Agioi Anargyroi). It is frequently shortened in colloquial language to Ai (for example Ai Stratis). In polytonic script it is written Hagios (Ἅγιος) (for example Hagios Demetrios). It is also transliterated as, inter alia, Haghios, Ayios, Aghios (for example Ayios Dhometios, Aghios Andreas Beach, respectively) in the singular form, and Haghioi, Ayioi, Aghioi, Ayii in the plural (for example Ayioi Omoloyites, Nicosia, Aghioi Theodoroi, Ayii Trimithias respectively).
The feminine is agia, ayia, aghia, hagia or haghia (Greek: Αγία or in polytonic form Ἁγία), for example Agia Varvara (Saint Barbara).
See also
The dictionary definition of άγιος at Wiktionary- Agia (disambiguation), the feminine form of the word in Greek
- Agis (disambiguation)
- Agii (disambiguation)
- Agius, a surname
- Agos, an Armenian newspaper
- Agoi, a clan and language spoken by that clan in Nigeria
- AGIO, the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
- All pages with titles beginning with Agios
- All pages with titles beginning with Ayios
- All pages with titles beginning with Aghios
- All pages with titles beginning with Hagios
- All pages with titles beginning with Agioi
- All pages with titles beginning with Ayioi
- All pages with titles beginning with Aghioi
