Κριεζής
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
Proper noun edit
Κριεζής • (Kriezís) m (plural Κριεζήδες, feminine Κριεζή)
- a male surname
Declension edit
declension of Κριεζής
Related terms edit
- Κριεζώτης m (Kriezótis)
See also edit
- Οικογένεια Κριεζή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el [The Kriezis family (of Hydra)]
References edit
- ^ 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.