νῆσος
νῆσος, Doric νᾶσος, ἡ,
an island, Lat. insula, Hom., Hes., etc.; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i. e. in Peloponnese, Soph.; μακάρων νῆσοι, v. sub μάκαρ.
Perhaps from νέω to swim, as if floating land.
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