"Ηράκλειο" meaning in Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /iˈraklio/ Audio: El-Ηράκλειο.ogg Forms: Irákleio [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ηράκλειο [nominative, singular], Ηρακλείου [genitive, singular], Ηράκλειο [accusative, singular], Ηράκλειο [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion), from Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês, “Heracles”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|Ἡράκλειον}} Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion) Head templates: {{head|el|proper noun|||||||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|ts=}} Ηράκλειο • (Irákleio) n, {{el-noun-proper|n}} Ηράκλειο • (Irákleio) n Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-unc|Ηράκλειο|Ηρακλείου|Ηράκλειο|Ηράκλειο|note=}}
  1. Heraklion (capital and biggest city of Crete)
    Sense id: en-Ηράκλειο-el-name-uaw~t7Bf Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'νικέλιο', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cities Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'νικέλιο': 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Cities: 97 3
  2. Heraklion (any other towns and villages with this name throughout Greece)
    Sense id: en-Ηράκλειο-el-name-uG4cVph6 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Greece Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Greece: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Χάνδακας (Chándakas) (english: Candia) [archaic, masculine, name] Derived forms: Ηρακλειώτης (Irakleiótis) (english: male from Heraklion) [masculine], Ηρακλειώτισσα (Irakleiótissa) (english: female from Heraklion) [feminine], ηρακλειώτικος (irakleiótikos) [adjective]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "male from Heraklion",
      "roman": "Irakleiótis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ηρακλειώτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "female from Heraklion",
      "roman": "Irakleiótissa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ηρακλειώτισσα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "irakleiótikos",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ηρακλειώτικος"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἡράκλειον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion), from Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês, “Heracles”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Irákleio",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nN-ο-3b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηράκλειο",
      "roman": "Irákleio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηρακλείου",
      "roman": "Irakleíou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηράκλειο",
      "roman": "Irákleio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηράκλειο",
      "roman": "Irákleio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ηράκλειο • (Irákleio) n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Ηράκλειο • (Irákleio) n",
      "name": "el-noun-proper"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Η‧ρά‧κλει‧ο"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ηράκλειο",
        "2": "Ηρακλείου",
        "3": "Ηράκλειο",
        "4": "Ηράκλειο",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun-unc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek nouns declining like 'νικέλιο'",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "el",
          "name": "Cities",
          "orig": "el:Cities",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Heraklion (capital and biggest city of Crete)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ηράκλειο-el-name-uaw~t7Bf",
      "links": [
        [
          "Heraklion",
          "Heraklion"
        ],
        [
          "Crete",
          "Crete#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "el",
          "name": "Greece",
          "orig": "el:Greece",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Heraklion (any other towns and villages with this name throughout Greece)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ηράκλειο-el-name-uG4cVph6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Heraklion",
          "Heraklion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈraklio/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Candia",
      "roman": "Chándakas",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine",
        "name"
      ],
      "word": "Χάνδακας"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ηράκλειο"
}
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    "Greek lemmas",
    "Greek neuter nouns",
    "Greek nouns declining like 'νικέλιο'",
    "Greek proper nouns",
    "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Cities",
    "el:Greece"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "male from Heraklion",
      "roman": "Irakleiótis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ηρακλειώτης"
    },
    {
      "english": "female from Heraklion",
      "roman": "Irakleiótissa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ηρακλειώτισσα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "irakleiótikos",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ηρακλειώτικος"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἡράκλειον"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion), from Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês, “Heracles”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Irákleio",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nN-ο-3b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηράκλειο",
      "roman": "Irákleio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηρακλείου",
      "roman": "Irakleíou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηράκλειο",
      "roman": "Irákleio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ηράκλειο",
      "roman": "Irákleio",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
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      "name": "el-noun-proper"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Η‧ρά‧κλει‧ο"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ηράκλειο",
        "2": "Ηρακλείου",
        "3": "Ηράκλειο",
        "4": "Ηράκλειο",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun-unc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Heraklion (capital and biggest city of Crete)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Heraklion",
          "Heraklion"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Heraklion (any other towns and villages with this name throughout Greece)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Heraklion",
          "Heraklion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈraklio/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "El-Ηράκλειο.ogg",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Candia",
      "roman": "Chándakas",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine",
        "name"
      ],
      "word": "Χάνδακας"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ηράκλειο"
}

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