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| '''Agios''' (Greek: Άγιος; also transliterated as '''Ayios''', '''Aghios''', '''Hagios''') meaning '']'', |
'''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/Ayios/Aghios is a common part in the names of places in Greece and Cyprus. | Agios/Ayios/Aghios is a common part in the names of places in Greece and Cyprus. | ||
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| *{{lookfrom|Hagios}} | *{{lookfrom|Hagios}} | ||
| 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. |
Agios is also used in the Coptic Language to say the same thing. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| * ], the Greek female epithet meaning ''Saint'' | * ], the Greek female epithet meaning ''Saint'' | ||
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Agios (Greek: Άγιος or in polytonic script Ἅγιος; also transliterated as Ayios, Aghios, Hagios) meaning Holy or sacred or often about people or places named after people, Saint, is equivalent in many cases only to the English-language adjective Saint. For example, St. John is known in Greek and related languages as Άγιος Ιωάννης, Agios Ioannis.
Agios/Ayios/Aghios is a common part in the names of places in Greece and Cyprus.
- 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
A shortened or colloquial non inflected form of Άγιος is Άι or Άη both transliterated as Ai; hence e.g. the island Άγιος Ευστράτιος is also colloquially called Ai Stratis , Άι Στράτης , Στράτης being a shortened form of Ευστράτιος.
Agios is also used in the Coptic Language to say the same thing.
See also
- Agia (disambiguation), the Greek female epithet meaning Saint
- Agioi (disambiguation), the Greek epithet meaning Saints
- Agis (disambiguation)
- Agius, a surname
- Agos, an Armenian newspaper
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