Evvia
Evvia, also called Euboea, is a large, windy island in Central Greece. It's so large and so close to the mainland that it has more of a mainland atmosphere than an island one.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
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Evvia
- Type: Island with 198,000 residents
- Description: Greek island
- Also known as: “Eubèa”, “Eubea- Εύβοια”, “Eubee”, “Eubeea”, “Eubei”, “Eubéia”, “Eubéios”, “Eubeo”, “Euboa”, “Euboe”, “Euboea”, “Euboea Island”, “Euboeia”, “Eúboia”, “Eúboja”, “Eubojos nomas”, “Evboia”, “Évboia”, “Evija”, “Evoia”, “Evvoia”, “Ilha de Euboea”, “Isla de Eubea”, “Isla Eubea”, “Isola di Negroponte”, “korábbi neve: Euboia”, “Négrepont”, “Negropont”, “Nísos Évvoia”, “Nome d’Eubée”, “Ευβοείς”, “Еввія”, “Евія”, “Еубеја”, “Негропонт”, “Эвбея (остров)”, “Эвья”, “Эгрипос”, “Էվբեա”, “אאובויה”, “אובויה”, “נגרופונט”, “إيفيا”, “وابي”, “एविया”, “ยูบีอา”, “에비아 섬”, “에우보이아”, “유비아 섬”, “エウボイア”, “エウボイア島”, “エウボエア島”, “エビア島”, “ネグロポンテ”, “ユービア”, “ユービア島”, and “优卑亚岛”
- Location: Euboea, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
38.5° or 38° 30′ north
Longitude of center
24° east
Population
198,000
Elevation
238 metres (781 feet)
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Evvia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Eubea”
- Albanian: “Eubea”
- Albanian: “Euboea”
- Arabic: “وابية”
- Armenian: “Եվբեա”
- Azerbaijani: “Euboea”
- Azerbaijani: “Evbeya”
- Basque: “Eubea”
- Belarusian: “Эўбея”
- Belarusian: “Эўбэя”
- Breton: “Euboia”
- Bulgarian: “Евбея”
- Catalan: “Eubea”
- Cebuano: “Euboea Island”
- Central Kurdish: “یوبویا”
- Chinese: “埃維亞島”
- Chinese: “埃维亚岛”
- Chinese: “尤比亞島”
- Croatian: “Eubeja”
- Czech: “Euboia”
- Danish: “Evia”
- Dutch: “Evia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وابيه”
- Esperanto: “Eŭbeo”
- Estonian: “Euboia”
- Faroese: “Evvia”
- Finnish: “Euboia”
- French: “Eubée”
- Galician: “Eubea”
- Georgian: “ევბეა”
- German: “Euböa”
- Greek: “Évvoia”
- Greek: “Nísi Évvoia”
- Greek: “Εύβοια”
- Greek: “Νησί Εύβοια”
- Greek: “Νομός Εύβοιας”
- Hebrew: “אוויה”
- Hindi: “यूबोया”
- Hungarian: “Évia”
- Icelandic: “Evbea”
- Ido: “Insulo Eubea”
- Indonesian: “Euboia”
- Italian: “Eubea”
- Japanese: “エヴィア島”
- Kazakh: “Эвбея”
- Korean: “에비아”
- Korean: “에비아섬”
- Kurdish: “Euboia”
- Kurdish: “ئەوبۆا”
- Latin: “Euboea”
- Latvian: “Eiboja”
- Lithuanian: “Euboja”
- Macedonian: “Евбеја”
- Malay: “Euboea”
- Northern Frisian: “Euböa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Evvia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Évvia”
- Norwegian: “Euboia”
- Norwegian: “Evvia”
- Norwegian: “Évvia”
- Persian: “ائوبویا”
- Persian: “وابیه”
- Polish: “Eubea”
- Portuguese: “Eubeia”
- Romanian: “Evia”
- Russian: “Эвбея”
- Scots: “Euboea”
- Serbian: “Evbeja”
- Serbian: “Евбеја”
- Serbian: “Евија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Eubeja”
- Sicilian: “Eubbea”
- Slovak: “Eubója”
- Slovenian: “Evboja”
- Spanish: “Eubea”
- Swedish: “Euboia”
- Swiss German: “Euböa”
- Tamil: “யூபோயா”
- Thai: “เกาะยูบีอา”
- Turkish: “Eğriboz Adası”
- Turkish: “Eğriboz”
- Ukrainian: “Евбея”
- Urdu: “ایوبویا”
- Venetian: “Negroponte”
- Vietnamese: “Euboea”
- Waray (Philippines): “Euboia”
- Welsh: “Euboea”
- Western Armenian: “Էվիա”
- Wu Chinese: “埃维亚岛”
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