Iráklion

/ iˈrakliɔn /

noun

1. a port in Greece, in N Crete: former capital of Crete (until 1841); ruled by Venetians (13th–17th centuries). Pop: 150 000 (2005 est) Italian nameCandia Also calledHeraklionHerakleion

Example Sentences

Mandilaria is one of the principal indigenous grapes of Crete, where Giannis Stilianou farms outside of the city of Iraklion.

From New York Times

“I was blown away, blown away in my dinghy,” she said as she disembarked a coast guard vessel at the port of Iraklion, on Crete.

From Fox News

From February 1991 through August 1992, Lothes was stationed at Iraklion Air Station in Crete, Greece, where she issued more than 300 tactical intelligence reports, that she said were sent to the White House.

From Washington Times

He told the Fayetteville Observer in 2011 that his initially timid "Good Morning, Iraklion" gradually became "wilder and wilder" into the dramatic, booming and protracted form he would become notorious for in Vietnam.

From BBC

While stationed at Iraklion Air Station on the Greek island of Crete, he began using a version of his famous salutation.

From Washington Post