Βόλος

Uncertain. Possibly from Byzantine Greek Γόλος (Gólos), from Ottoman Turkish یولقاز (Yolkaz), یولقاس (Yolkas), from Ancient Greek Ἰωλκός (Iōlkós). The change in consonants stems from a 19th century attempt by learned scholars to link the name with the Ancient Greek term βόλος (bólos, “fishing net”) or βῶλος (bôlos, “lump of soil”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvolos/
• Hyphenation: Βό‧λος

Βόλος • (Vólos) m

1. Volos (port city in Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the regional unit of Magnesia)

• Βολιώτης m (Voliótis, “male from Volos”)
• Βολιώτισσα f (Voliótissa, “female from Salamis”)
• βολιώτικος (voliótikos) (adjective)

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