Colossus

//kəˈlɒs.əs//

Synonyms for "colossus" (76 found)

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Noun(1 words)
behemoth

Strong matches (22)

Related words (38)

Noun(1 words)
titan

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Translations

34 translations across 17 languages.

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Belarusian

2 entries
  • кало́с noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • кало́с noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • гига́нт noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)
  • ко́лос noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • ко́лос noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Catalan

2 entries
  • colós noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • colós noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Czech

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  • kolos noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • kolos noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Dutch

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  • kolos noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

French

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  • colosse noun (a statue of gigantic size)

German

4 entries
  • Gigant noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)
  • Koloss noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • Koloss noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)
  • Riese noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Greek

2 entries
  • κολοσσός noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • κολοσσός noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • koloso noun (a statue of gigantic size)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kolosszus noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • kolosszus noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Italian

2 entries
  • colosso noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • colosso noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Polish

2 entries
  • kolos noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • kolos noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • colosso noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • colosso noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Russian

2 entries
  • гига́нт noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)
  • коло́сс noun (a statue of gigantic size)

Spanish

2 entries
  • coloso noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • coloso noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Swedish

2 entries
  • koloss noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • koloss noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • коло́с noun (a statue of gigantic size)
  • коло́с noun (any creature or thing of gigantic size)

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

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As long as the Colossus stands, so shall Rome; when the Colossus falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, so falls the world.

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He is a true colossus.

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He was a colossus with feet of clay.

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