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==Greek Language==
'''Agios''' (''{{lang-el|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''' ({{lang-el|άγιος}}) or '''agioi''' ({{lang-el|άγιοι}}) transcribe Greek words meaning "]". It may also refer to:
Agios/Ayios/Aghios is a common part in the names of places in Greece and Cyprus.
* the plural of "]"

*{{lookfrom|Agios}}
*{{lookfrom|Ayios}}
*{{lookfrom|Aghios}}
*{{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 , ''{{lang-el|Άι Στράτης}}'' , ''Στράτης'' being a shortened form of ], ''{{lang-el|Ευστράτιος}}''.</br>
==Coptic Language==
'''Agios''' is also used in the ] to express the same meaning as in Greek.
==Finance==
Agios is the plural of ].


==See also== ==See also==
*{{lookfrom|Agio}}
* ], the Greek female epithet meaning ''Saint''
*{{lookfrom|Ayio}}
* ], the Greek epithet meaning ''Saints''
*{{lookfrom|Aghio}}
*{{lookfrom|Hagio}}
* ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ], a surname * ], a surname
* '']'', an Armenian newspaper * '']'', an Armenian newspaper
* ], a clan and language spoken by that clan in ]


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Agios (Template:Lang-el) or agioi (Template:Lang-el) transcribe Greek words meaning "Sacred". It may also refer to:

  • the plural of "agio"

See also

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