Greek edit

Etymology edit

A surname from Albanian, from krye (head) + zi (black), a nickname of sense: blackhead (or New Latin melanocephalus), equivalent to a Greek surname Μαυροκέφαλος (Mavrokéfalos).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kri.eˈzis/
  • Hyphenation: Κρι‧ε‧ζής

Proper noun edit

Κριεζής (Kriezísm (plural Κριεζήδες, feminine Κριεζή)

  1. a male surname

Declension edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Κριεζής at p.77 - Triantafyllidis, Manolis (1982, postumus edition) Τα οικογενειακά μας ονόματα [Our family names] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Manolis Triantafyllidis Foundation, University of Salonica @ins.web.auth.gr, reptrint 1995.