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Etymology

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From Byzantine Greek ἀλλοῦ (alloû), from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, other, else) following the model of πάντα (pánta, always)παντοῦ (pantoû, everywhere).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈlu/
  • Hyphenation: αλ‧λού

Adverb

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αλλού (alloú)

  1. elsewhere; somewhere else, someplace else (in or at some other place or places)
    Όχι, δεν είναι εδώ. Βρίσκεται αλλού.
    Óchi, den eínai edó. Vrísketai alloú.
    No, he's not here. He's somewhere else.
    Εγώ πήγα να τη συναντήσω στο πάρκα αλλά αυτή ήταν αλλού.
    Egó píga na ti synantíso sto párka allá aftí ítan alloú.
    I went to the park to meet her but she was elsewhere.
  2. elsewhere; somewhere else, someplace else (to some other place)
    Αυτοί θα πάνε στην Πάτρα ενώ εμείς θα πάμε αλλού.
    Aftoí tha páne stin Pátra enó emeís tha páme alloú.
    They'll go to Patras while we'll go someplace else.
    Αυτός νόμιζε ότι το αεροπλάνο πήγαινε Νέα Υόρκη, αλλά πήγαινε αλλού.
    Aftós nómize óti to aeropláno pígaine Néa Yórki, allá pígaine alloú.
    He thought the plane was going to New York but it was going elsewhere.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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  • αλλούθε (alloúthe, to another place, from another direction)