Naxos
Naxos is the largest in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea and was the centre of ancient Cycladic culture. The most fertile of the Cyclades islands, Naxos earns much of its income from agriculture.
- Island
- …has about 17,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,000 metres (3,290 feet)
- Description: Greek island in the Aegean Sea
- Also known as“Dia”“Naxos Island”“Nisi Naxos”“Nisos Naksos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apano Kastro and Church of Panagia Protothronos.
Church of Panagia Protothronos
The Church of Panagia Protothronos is located in the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Small Cyclades and Filoti.
Naxos
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Latitude
37.0726° or 37° 4′ 21″ north
Longitude
25.4862° or 25° 29′ 10″ east
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Naxos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Naksosi”
- Albanian: “Naxos”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Νάξος”
- Arabic: “ناكسوس”
- Arabic: “نقسوس”
- Arabic: “نكسوس”
- Armenian: “Նակսոս”
- Armenian: “Նաքսոս”
- Basque: “Naxos”
- Belarusian: “Наксас”
- Bulgarian: “Наксос”
- Catalan: “Illa de Naxos”
- Catalan: “Naxos”
- Cebuano: “Nísos Náxos”
- Central Kurdish: “ناکسوس”
- Chinese: “奈克索斯島”
- Chinese: “納克索斯島”
- Chinese: “纳克索斯岛”
- Chinese: “那克索斯岛”
- Croatian: “Naksos”
- Czech: “Náxos”
- Danish: “Naxos”
- Dutch: “Naxos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ناكسوس”
- Esperanto: “Nakso”
- Esperanto: “Naksoso”
- Esperanto: “Νάξος”
- Estonian: “Náxos”
- Estonian: “Náxose saar”
- Faroese: “Naksos”
- Faroese: “Naxos”
- Faroese: “Νάξος”
- Finnish: “Naksos”
- Finnish: “Náxos”
- French: “Náxos”
- Galician: “Naxos Illa”
- Galician: “Naxos”
- German: “Áxia”
- German: “Náxia”
- German: “Náxos”
- German: “Strongyle”
- Greek: “Nisí Náxos”
- Greek: “Αξιά”
- Greek: “Νάξος”
- Greek: “Νάξου”
- Greek: “Νησί Νάξος”
- Greek: “Νήσος Νάξος”
- Hebrew: “נאכסוס”
- Hebrew: “נאקסוס”
- Hebrew: “נכסוס”
- Hebrew: “נקסוס”
- Hindi: “नाक्सोस”
- Hungarian: “Náxosz”
- Icelandic: “Naxos”
- Ido: “Insulo Naxos”
- Indonesian: “Naxos”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Naxos”
- Italian: “Isola di Naxos”
- Italian: “Nasso”
- Japanese: “ナクソス島”
- Japanese: “ナッソー島”
- Kannada: “ನಕ್ಸೋಸ್”
- Kazakh: “Наксос”
- Korean: “낙소스섬”
- Kurdish: “Naksos”
- Latin: “Naxos”
- Latvian: “Naksa”
- Limburgan: “Naxos”
- Lithuanian: “Naksas”
- Lithuanian: “Nakso sala”
- Macedonian: “Наксос”
- Malay: “Naxos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Náxos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nakşa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nasso”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Náxos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya Naxos”
- Norwegian: “Naxos”
- Ossetian: “Наксос”
- Persian: “ناکسوس”
- Polish: “Naksos”
- Polish: “Náxos”
- Portuguese: “Naxos”
- Romanian: “Insula Naxos”
- Romanian: “Naxos”
- Russian: “Наксос, остров в Эгейском море”
- Russian: “Наксос”
- Russian: “Остров в Эгейском море Наксос”
- Serbian: “Naks”
- Serbian: “Naksos”
- Serbian: “Накс”
- Serbian: “Наксос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Naksos”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Otok Naksos”
- Sicilian: “Nassu”
- Slovak: “Naxos”
- Slovenian: “Naksos”
- Slovenian: “Náxos”
- Spanish: “Isla de Naxos”
- Spanish: “Naxos”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Naxos”
- Swedish: “Náxos”
- Swiss German: “Naxos”
- Tamil: “நக்சஸ் தீவு”
- Tamil: “நக்சஸ்”
- Tamil: “நட்சொசு”
- Thai: “Naxos”
- Thai: “เกาะนักซอส”
- Turkish: “Nakşa”
- Turkish: “Naksos”
- Turkish: “Naxos”
- Ukrainian: “Наксос”
- Urdu: “ناکسوس”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Naxos”
- Vietnamese: “Naxos”
- Waray (Philippines): “Naxos”
- Welsh: “Naxos”
- Welsh: “Ynys Naxos”
- Western Armenian: “Նաքսոս”
- Wu Chinese: “纳克索斯岛”
- Yue Chinese: “勒索斯島”
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