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βουνό
mountain /vuˈno/
nounB1#1507 most common
Also: large hill, (figurative) a huge amount
Example sentences
Το βουνό είναι ψηλό.
The mountain is tall.
Την Κυριακή πάμε στο βουνό.
On Sunday we're going to the mountain.
Η κορυφή του βουνού έχει χιόνι όλο τον χρόνο.
The mountain's peak has snow all year.
Ανεβήκαμε στην κορυφή του βουνού μετά από πέντε ώρες πεζοπορίας.
We climbed to the mountain's summit after five hours of hiking.
Τα βουνά της Κρήτης προσφέρουν εξαιρετικές διαδρομές για ορειβασία.
Crete's mountains offer excellent routes for mountaineering.
Στη μυθολογία, πολλοί θεοί θεωρούνταν ότι κατοικούσαν στα απάτητα βουνά, μακριά από τους θνητούς.
In mythology, many gods were believed to dwell in the untrodden mountains, far from mortals.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το βουνό | τα βουνά |
| Genitive | του βουνού | των βουνών |
| Accusative | το βουνό | τα βουνά |
| Vocative | βουνό | βουνά |
Word family
βουνίσιοςof the mountains, highland
βουνοκορφήmountaintop, summit
βουνοπλαγιάmountainside, slope
βουναλάκιsmall hill (diminutive of βουνό)
Etymology
Βουνό comes from the Ancient and Byzantine Greek βουνός, meaning hill or mound. The origin of βουνός itself is disputed; most linguists treat it as a pre-Greek substrate word, borrowed into Greek before the classical period rather than inherited from Indo-European. Over time the masculine βουνός shifted to the neuter form βουνό in spoken Greek, which became the standard modern word.
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