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Snake Island en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Ukrainian о́стрів Змії́ний (óstriv Zmijínyj, “Snake Island”) or Russian о́стров Змеи́ный (óstrov Zmeínyj, “Snake Island”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Byzantine Greek Φιδονήσι (Phidonḗsi, “Snake Isle”), from Byzantine Greek φιδο (phido, “snake”) (Greek φίδι (fídi)) + νήσι (nísi, “island”).

Meanings

  1. An island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, on the border with Romania.
    • The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said in a statement posted to its Facebook page that the guards may be alive, after Russian media reported that they were taken as prisoners from their base on Snake Island in the Black Sea to Sevastopol, a port city that Russia controls on the Crimean Peninsula. 2022 February 26, Dan Lamothe, “Ukrainian border guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2022:
    • Ukrainian troops have landed on Snake Island where they raised Ukraine’s flag, according to officials, one week after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic islet in the Black Sea. 2022 July 7, “Ukrainian troops land on Snake Island to raise national flag”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
    • In the Snake Island case, the court ruled that Snake Island—which is a territory of Ukraine, but is in the Black Sea on the maritime boundary with Romania— would not be given a full exclusive economic zone (EEZ) because that would distort the maritime boundary with Romania. In this way, the court ensured an equitable result of the maritime boundary between Romania and Ukraine. 2013 June, Michael A. McDevitt, Catherine K. Lea, Japan's Territorial Disputes: CNA Maritime Asia Project, Workshop Three, CNA, →OCLC, page 9:
    • SNAKE ISLAND Located in the northwestern side of the Black Sea, Snake Island, or called ostriv Zmiyinyy in Ukrainian and Insula Serpilor in Romanian, is currently administered by Ukraine but claimed by Romania. The Snake Island is a limestone formation located 35 km from the coast, east of the mouth of the Danube River. 2006, Rongxing Guo, Territorial Disputes and Resource Management: A Global Handbook, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224:

Relateds

Island of Snake · Isle of Snake · snake · Isle of Serpent · Serpent Island · island · Snake Isle · Serpent · Serpentin Isle · serpent · Isle of Snakes · serpentine · Serpent Isle · Isle of Serpents · Isle · Snake · Serpentine Island · Serpentine · Island of Snakes · isle · Island

Synonyms

Fidonisi · Zmiinyi · Snake · Serpent Island · Serpent · Zmiinyi Island

Translations (35)

la Achillēa īnsula (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ro Insula Șerpilor (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ar جَزِيرَةُ الثُّعْبَان (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · uk о́стрів Змії́ний (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · grc Ἀχιλλέως νῆσος (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ru Змеи́ный о́стров (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ja ズミイヌイ島 (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · be во́страў Змяі́ны (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · el Φιδονήσι (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ru о́стров Змеи́ный (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · de Schlangeninsel (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · la Īnsula serpentium (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · yue 蛇島 /蛇岛 (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · es isla de las Serpientes (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · uk Змії́ний о́стрів (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ru Змеи́ный (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · pt Ilha da Serpente (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · da Slangeøen (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · bg Зми́йски о́стров (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · grc Δρόμον Ἀχιλλέως (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · la Achillēa (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · ko 즈미이니섬 (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · pl Wyspa Wężowa (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · cmn 蛇島 /蛇岛 (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · fr île des Serpents (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · la Alba īnsula (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · nl Slangeneiland (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · grc Ἀχίλλειος δρόμος (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · tr Yılan Adası (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · be Змяі́ны во́страў (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · lt Gyvačių sala (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · uk Змії́ний (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · hu Kígyó-sziget (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · be Змяі́ны (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania) · grc Ἀχίλλεια νῆσος (Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania)

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