English Explanatory Dictionary

Methone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient city near present-day Methoni in Peloponnese, Greece.
  2. An ancient city-state near present-day Methoni in Central Macedonia, Greece.
  3. An ancient city-state near present-day Ano Lechonia in Thessaly, Greece.
  4. Former name of Methana: a city in Attica, Greece.
  5. One of the Alkyonides.
  6. A small satellite of Saturn.

Word forms

Methone

Etymology

From Latin Methōnē, from Ancient Greek Μεθώνη (Methṓnē). Doublet of Methoni and Modon.

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