Kefalonia
Kefalonia is believed to have derived its name from the mythological figure Cephalus, the son of Hermes and a hero in ancient Greek legends. This picturesque island, with its captivating landscapes and historical significance, reflects a deep connection to the rich tapestry of Greek mythology and history.
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Kefalonia
- Island with 35,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 698 metres (2,290 feet)
- Description: Greek island in the Ionian Sea
- Also known as“Cephalonia”“Kefallonia Regional Unit”“Kefalonia Island”“Kephallenia”
- Location
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Latitude of center
38.25° or 38° 15′ north
Longitude of center
20.5001° or 20° 30′ 0″ east
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kefalonia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kephalonia”
- Albanian: “Qefalonia”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κεφαλληνία”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σάμη”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σάμος”
- Arabic: “كيفالونيا”
- Asturian: “Kefalonia”
- Azerbaijani: “Kefaliniya”
- Azerbaijani: “Kefaloniya”
- Basque: “Zefalonia”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кефалінія”
- Belarusian: “Кефалінія”
- Bengali: “কেফালিনিয়া”
- Bengali: “কেফালেনিয়া”
- Bengali: “কেফালোনিয়া”
- Bengali: “সেফালোনিয়া”
- Breton: “Céphalonie”
- Breton: “Kefalonia”
- Bulgarian: “Кефалония”
- Catalan: “Cefalonia”
- Catalan: “Cefalònia”
- Catalan: “Kefallonia”
- Catalan: “Prefectura de Cefalònia”
- Cebuano: “Kefalonia Island”
- Central Kurdish: “کێفالونیا”
- Chinese: “凯法利尼亚岛”
- Chinese: “凯法洛尼亚岛”
- Chinese: “凱法利尼亞島”
- Croatian: “Kefalonija”
- Czech: “Kefalonia”
- Czech: “Kefalonie”
- Danish: “Kefallonia”
- Danish: “Kefalonia”
- Dutch: “Cephallenia”
- Dutch: “Cephalonia”
- Dutch: “Kefallinia”
- Dutch: “Kefallinía”
- Dutch: “Kefallonia”
- Dutch: “Kefalonia”
- Dutch: “Kephalonia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيفالونيا”
- Esperanto: “Cefalonia”
- Esperanto: “Kefallonia”
- Esperanto: “Kefalonia”
- Esperanto: “Kefalonio”
- Esperanto: “Kephallonia”
- Estonian: “Kefalleenia”
- Estonian: “Kefallenia”
- Estonian: “Kefallinia”
- Estonian: “Kefallinía”
- Estonian: “Kefallonia”
- Estonian: “Kefalloniá”
- Estonian: “Kefaloniá”
- Estonian: “Kefaloonia”
- Faroese: “Kefalonia”
- Finnish: “Kefallonia”
- Finnish: “Kefalonia”
- Finnish: “Kefaloniá”
- French: “Cephalonie”
- French: “Céphalonie”
- Galician: “Cefalonia - Κεφαλονιά”
- Galician: “Cefalonia-Κεφαλονιά”
- Galician: “Cefalonia”
- German: “Cefalonia”
- German: “Kefalonia”
- German: “Kephallenia”
- German: “Kephallonia”
- German: “Kephalonia”
- Greek: “Κεφαλληνία”
- Greek: “Κεφαλλονιά”
- Greek: “Κεφαλονιά”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Κεφαλληνίας”
- Hebrew: “קפלוניה”
- Hungarian: “Kefaloniá”
- Indonesian: “Kefallonia”
- Indonesian: “Kefalonia”
- Italian: “Cefalonia”
- Italian: “Kefallinia”
- Japanese: “ケパレニア”
- Japanese: “ケパレニア島”
- Japanese: “ケファリニア”
- Japanese: “ケファリニア島”
- Japanese: “ケファレニア”
- Japanese: “ケファレニア島”
- Japanese: “ケファロニア”
- Japanese: “ケファロニア島”
- Korean: “케팔레니아 섬”
- Korean: “케팔레니아”
- Korean: “케팔로니아 섬”
- Korean: “케팔로니아”
- Korean: “케팔로니아섬”
- Kurdish: “Kefalonya”
- Latin: “Cephallenia”
- Latin: “Same”
- Latvian: “Kefalinija”
- Latvian: “Kefalonija”
- Lithuanian: “Kefalinija”
- Lithuanian: “Kefalonija”
- Lithuanian: “Kefalonijos ir Itakės nomas”
- Luxembourgish: “Kephallonia”
- Luxembourgish: “Kephalonia”
- Macedonian: “Кефалонија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cephallenia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cephallonia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefalinia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefallinia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefallinía”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefallonia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefalonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cephallenia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cephallonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefalinia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefallinia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefallinía”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefallonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefalonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefaloniá”
- Norwegian: “Kefallinia”
- Ossetian: “Кефалини”
- Persian: “سفالونیا”
- Persian: “کیفالونیا”
- Polish: “Kefalinia”
- Polish: “Kefalonia”
- Portuguese: “Cefalónia”
- Portuguese: “Cefalônia”
- Portuguese: “Kefallinia”
- Portuguese: “Kefallinía”
- Portuguese: “Kefallinias”
- Romanian: “Cefalonia”
- Romanian: “Kefalonia”
- Russian: “Кефалиния”
- Russian: “Кефалления”
- Russian: “Кефаллония”
- Russian: “Кефалония”
- Sardinian: “Cefalonia”
- Serbian: “Kefalonija”
- Serbian: “Кефалонија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kefalonija”
- Sicilian: “Cefalonia”
- Sicilian: “Cefalònia”
- Sicilian: “Cifalonia”
- Sicilian: “Kefalonia”
- Slovak: “Kefalénia”
- Slovak: “Kefallénia”
- Slovak: “Kefallinia”
- Slovak: “Kefalonia”
- Slovak: “Kefalónia”
- Slovak: “Keffalónia”
- Slovenian: “Kefalonija”
- Spanish: “Cefalonia”
- Spanish: “Kefallinia”
- Spanish: “Kefallinía”
- Spanish: “Kefalonia”
- Swedish: “Kefalinia”
- Swedish: “Kefallenia”
- Swedish: “Kefallinia”
- Swedish: “Kefallinía”
- Swedish: “Kefallonia”
- Swedish: “Kefalonia”
- Thai: “Cephalonia”
- Thai: “เคฟาลลีนีอา”
- Thai: “เซฟาโลเนีย”
- Turkish: “Kefalonia”
- Turkish: “Kefalonya”
- Ukrainian: “Кефалінія”
- Ukrainian: “Кефаллінія”
- Ukrainian: “Кефалонія”
- Urdu: “کیفالونیا”
- Uzbek: “Kefaliniya”
- Vietnamese: “Cephallenia”
- Vietnamese: “Cephallonia”
- Vietnamese: “Cephalonia”
- Vietnamese: “Kefallinia”
- Vietnamese: “Kefallonia”
- Vietnamese: “Kefalonia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kefalonia”
- Welsh: “Ceffalonia”
- Welsh: “Cephalonia”
- Welsh: “Kephalonia”
- Western Armenian: “Քեֆալոնիա”
- Wu Chinese: “凯法利尼亚岛”
- Yue Chinese: “凱法利尼亞島”
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