Knidos

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • ancient settlement in southwestern Asia Minor (region); the location of the Ancient Greek city Caria.

Origin

  • A respelling of the earlier Cnidus to reflect more closely its ultimate etymon, the Ancient Greek Κνίδος.

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