Κούλουρη

Inherited from Byzantine Greek Κούλουρη (Koúlourē). Perhaps from Byzantine Greek κολούρος (koloúros, “frustum”), due to the shape of the island.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.lu.ɾi/ - compare to κουλούρι (kouloúri)
• Hyphenation: Κού‧λου‧ρη

Κούλουρη • (Koúlouri) f

1. (colloquial) Salamis (island in the Saronic Gulf where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place)

• Σαλαμίνα f (Salamína, “Salamis”) (official name)

• Κουλουριώτης m (Koulouriótis, “male from Salamis”)
• Κουλουριώτισσα f (Koulouriótissa, “female from Salamis”)
• κουλουριώτικος (koulouriótikos, adjective)

• and see: κουλούρι n (kouloúri)

• Κούλουρη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• Κούλουρη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el