Zakynthos
Zakynthos, also called Zante, is the third largest island in the Ionian Sea, off the west coast of Greece. The island is named after Zacynthos, son of legendary Arcadian chief Dardanos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 41,200 residents
- Description: Greek island in the Ionian Sea
- Also known as: “Tsilivi” and “Zante”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Planos and Gaitani.
Planos
Village
Photo: maczopikczu, CC BY 3.0.
Zakynthos, also called Zante, is the third largest island in the Ionian Sea, off the west coast of Greece. The island is named after Zacynthos, son of legendary Arcadian chief Dardanos.
Gaitani
Village
Gaitani is a village in the southern part of the island of Zakynthos. It is part of the municipal unit of Zakynthos. It is 2 km west of Zakynthos city centre, and 2 km east of Vanato.
Zakynthos
Town
Zakynthos or Zante, is a city and a former municipality on the island of Zakynthos, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zakynthos, of which it is a municipal unit. Zakynthos is situated 4 km southeast of Zakynthos.
Zakynthos
- Categories: island, polis, and locality
- Location: Zakynthos, Nomós Zakýnthou, Ionian Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.8156° or 37° 48′ 56″ northLongitude
20.8719° or 20° 52′ 19″ eastPopulation
41,200Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8G92RV8C+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 443649619OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6950981Wikidata ID
Q144880
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Zakynthos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Zakintosi”
- Albanian: “Zakynthos”
- Arabic: “زاكينثوس”
- Armenian: “Զակինթոս”
- Basque: “Zante”
- Belarusian: “Закінт”
- Belarusian: “Закінф”
- Breton: “Zakynthos”
- Bulgarian: “Закинтос”
- Catalan: “Illa de Zacint”
- Catalan: “Zacint”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Zakýnthou”
- Cebuano: “Zakynthos”
- Chinese: “扎金索斯岛”
- Chinese: “扎金索斯島”
- Chinese: “札金索斯島”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Zakintos”
- Croatian: “Zakintos”
- Czech: “Zakynthos”
- Danish: “Zákynthos”
- Dutch: “Tsilivi”
- Dutch: “Zakynthos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زاكينثوس”
- Esperanto: “Zakinto”
- Estonian: “Zákynthos”
- Estonian: “Zákynthose saar”
- Faroese: “Zakynthos”
- Finnish: “Zakynthos”
- Finnish: “Zákynthos”
- French: “Zante”
- Galician: “Zante”
- Galician: “Ζακύνθου”
- German: “Tsilivi”
- German: “Zakynthos”
- German: “Zákynthos”
- Greek: “Ζάκυνθος”
- Greek: “Τσιλιβής”
- Greek: “Τσιλιβί”
- Hebrew: “זקינתוס”
- Hungarian: “Zákinthosz”
- Ido: “Insulo Zakintos”
- Indonesian: “Zakynthos”
- Italian: “Zacinto”
- Italian: “Zante”
- Japanese: “ザキントス島”
- Korean: “자킨토스”
- Kurdish: “Zakîntos”
- Latin: “Zacynthus”
- Latvian: “Zakinfa”
- Latvian: “Zakinta”
- Lithuanian: “Zakintas”
- Low German: “Zakynthos”
- Luxembourgish: “Zakynthos”
- Macedonian: “Закинтос”
- Maltese: “Zakynthos”
- Moksha: “Закинтос”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zakynthos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zákynthos”
- Norwegian: “Zakynthos”
- Ossetian: “Закинф”
- Persian: “زاکینتوس”
- Polish: “Zakintos”
- Portuguese: “Zacinto”
- Portuguese: “Zaquintos”
- Romanian: “Zakynthos”
- Romanian: “Zante”
- Russian: “Закинф”
- Russian: “Циливи”
- Scots: “Zakynthos”
- Serbian: “Закинтос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zakintos”
- Sicilian: “Zanti”
- Slovak: “Zakynthos (ostrov)”
- Slovak: “Zakynthos”
- Slovenian: “Zakintos”
- Spanish: “Zacinto”
- Swedish: “Zakynthos”
- Thai: “เกาะซาคินทอส”
- Turkish: “Zanta”
- Turkish: “Zante”
- Ukrainian: “Закінтос”
- Ukrainian: “Закінф”
- Urdu: “زاکنتھوس”
- Vietnamese: “Zakynthos”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zakynthos”
- Welsh: “Zakynthos”
- Western Armenian: “Զաքինթոս”
- Wu Chinese: “扎金索斯州”
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