Kaválla

[ kuh-val-uh; Greek kah-vah-lah ]

noun

1. a seaport in E Greece.

Kaválla

/ kəˈvælə; kaˈvala /

noun

1. a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop (municipality): 63 572 (2001) Ancient nameNeapolis

Example Sentences

As his plane landed at the seaport town of Kavalla, 200 miles north of Athens, royalist army officers greeted him and put him aboard a helicopter for a flight to the town square, which was filled with a cheering crowd.

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As he turned back to Kavalla, he faced a shattering situation.

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Now a young major named Nicholas Petanis had raced from a base on the Greco-Turkish border to Kavalla and brought a column of tanks with him.

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In Kavalla, Queen Anne-Marie and Queen Mother Frederika kissed the King goodbye and waved him off as he climbed aboard a helicopter for a short flight to the town of Alexandropolis to stir up more support.

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I wanted to file from Kavalla, but the telegraph official had never seen a cable in English before and his apparatus seemed to date from pre-Edison days.

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