English Explanatory Dictionary

Kallikantzaros

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. In Greek and Cypriot culture, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character, resembling a goblin.
noun
  1. A mythical, malevolent goblin-like spirit of Southeastern European and Anatolian folklore.

Word forms

Kallikantzaros Kallikantzaroi

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek καλλικάντζαρος (kallikántzaros).

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