αγυιά

Learned borrowing from Katharevousa ἀγυιά (aguiá) from Ancient Greek ἀγυιᾱ́ (aguiā́), less common variant of ἄγυια (águia).^[1] Loaned in the 19th century to substitute the Demotic σοκάκι (sokáki) which was a Turkish loanword.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /a.ʝiˈa/

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• Hyphenation: α‧γυι‧ά

αγυιά • (agyiá) f (plural αγυιές) (originally Katharevousa, now formal, archaic, often sarcastic)

1. (dated) lane, back street, side street (small and narrow street or alley)

   informal, standard synonym: σοκάκι n (sokáki).

   Near-synonyms: δρόμος m (drómos), οδός f (odós, “street”)

   ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς (from a Katharevousa set phrase)

   aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás

   everywhere, up every byroad

   (literally, “by the roads and lanes”)

• αγυιόπαιδο n (agyiópaido, “street urchin”)
• ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς (aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás) (from Katharevousa)
• ανά τας ρύμας και τας αγυιάς (aná tas rýmas kai tas agyiás) (from Katharevousa)