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'''Agios''' (Greek: ''Άγιος'' or in polytonic script ''Ἅγιος''; also transliterated as '''Ayios''', '''Aghios''', '''Hagios''') meaning '']'' or ''sacred'' or often about people or places named after people, ''Saint'', is equivalent in many cases only to the English-language adjective '']''. For example, St. John is known in Greek and related languages as ''Άγιος Ιωάννης'', Agios Ioannis.


'''''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).
Agios/Ayios/Aghios is a common part in the names of places in Greece and Cyprus.


The feminine is ''agia'', ''ayia'', ''aghia'', ''hagia'' or ''haghia'' (Greek: {{lang|el|Αγία}} or in polytonic form {{lang|grc|Ἁγία}}), for example ''Agia Varvara'' (]).
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A shortened or colloquial non ] form of ''Άγιος'' is ''Άι'' or ''Άη'' both transliterated as ''Ai''; hence e.g. the island '']'' is also colloquially called Ai Stratis , ''Άι Στράτης'' , ''Στράτης'' being a shortened form of ''Ευστράτιος''.</br>
Agios is also used in the Coptic Language to say the same thing.


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* ], the Greek female epithet meaning ''Saint''
* ], the Greek epithet meaning ''Saints'' * ], the feminine form of the word in Greek
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* ], a surname * ], a surname
* '']'', an Armenian newspaper * '']'', an Armenian newspaper
* ], a clan and language spoken by that clan in Nigeria
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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).

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