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Imbros
/ ˈɪmbrəs /
noun
- a Turkish island in the NE Aegean Sea, west of the Gallipoli Peninsula: occupied by Greece (1912–14) and Britain (1914–23). Area: 280 sq km (108 sq miles) Turkish nameImroz
Example Sentences
For the Greeks of Gokceada - who call themselves Imbriots after the isle's ancient name Imbros - Agios Theodoros holds the promise of reversing their numbers' decline.
In 1970, the state changed the name to Gokceada from Imbros.
Cyllene was reputed to be his birthplace, the islands of Lemnos, Imbros and Samothrace, in which he was associated with the Cabeiri and Attica.
There is no doubt about Sigeum and Rhoeteum, or the river Scamander, or the islands Imbros, Lemnos and Tenedos.
In order to obtain the raw material necessary for their industry no less than to carry off the surplus of population, the Phenicians were brought to colonise Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Thera, Melos, Oliarus, Samothrace, Imbros, Lemnos and Thasos.
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