- The
Nesoi (Gr**** Nῆσοι "islands"), in
ancient Gr**** religion, were the
goddesses of islands. Each
island was said to have its own personification. According...
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Placeholder names are
intentionally overly generic and
ambiguous terms referring to things, places, or people, the
names of
which or of whom do not actually...
- Look up
NESOI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Nesoi were the
goddesses of
islands in
ancient Gr**** religion.
NESOI may also
refer to:
NESOI (Not...
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north of the
river Albis Trêva, west of the Saxonôn
Nesôi (archipelago), east of the
Skandiai Nêsoi,
which itself lies west of a
larger island Skandia...
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variants such as Πρεττανική (Prettanikē), "The
Britannic [land, island]", and
nēsoi brettaniai, "Britannic islands", with *Pretani
being a
Celtic word that...
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Fortunate Isles or
Isles of the
Blessed (Ancient Gr****: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn
nēsoi) were semi-legendary
islands in the
Atlantic Ocean,
variously treated as...
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calls both
Albion and
Ierne in
Ancient Gr****: νῆσοι Βρεττανικαὶ, romanized:
nēsoi Brettanikai, lit. 'British Isles'. In 930, the
English king Æthelstan used...
- Ιόνια νησιά,
Ionia nisia;
Ancient Gr****, Katharevousa: Ἰόνιαι Νῆσοι,
Ionioi Nēsoi) are a
group of
islands in the
Ionian Sea, west of
mainland Greece. They...
- Gr****
words meaning 'islands of the fortunate' (μακάρων νήσοι, makárōn
nēsoi). The name was
first used by
ancient Gr****
geographers to
refer to any islands...
- Gr****
geographer Pytheas, who
sailed around what he
called the "Pretannikai
nesoi" (the "Pretannic isles")
around 310–306 BC. In general,
classical writers...
