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Dodecanese
see synonyms of dodecaneseNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Dodecanese
see synonyms of dodecaneseplural noun
a group of islands in the SE Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece: part of the Southern Sporades. Capital: Rhodes. Pop: 190 071 (2001). Area: 2663 sq km (1028 sq miles)
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Dodecanese
see synonyms of dodecanese group of Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: 1,048 sq mi (2,714 sq km); pop. 163,000
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Dodecanese
see synonyms of dodecanese An island group of southeast Greece in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Crete. The name means "12 islands," although there are also several islets. The islands were held by Turkey from 1522 until 1912.
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