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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ζάκυνθος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsLatinized form: Zacynthus
Meaning & History
Meaning unknown; appears to be pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology he was the legendary founder of a colony on Zacynthus, an island in the Ionian Sea, which derived its name from him.