Navarino

[ nav-uh-ree-noh ]

noun

1. a seaport in the SW Peloponnesus, in SW Greece: Turkish and Egyptian fleets defeated near here in a naval battle 1827.

Navarino

/ navaˈriːno /

noun

1. the Italian name for Pylos
2. a sea battle (Oct 20, 1827) in which the defeat of the Turkish-Egyptian fleet by a combined British, French, and Russian fleet decided Greek independence

Example Sentences

I'll tell you about Navarino, Punch, when we go for walks together; and you must n't touch the ship, because she's the Brisk.

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She is a model of the Brisk—the little Brisk that was sore exposed that day at Navarino.

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The troops have all marched from Patras to Navarino, and nothing remains but some Albanians and the inhabitants.

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In the following October the battle of Navarino had been fought, and the Turkish fleet destroyed.

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After the battle of Navarino, on the 20th of October, 1827, where the allied forces destroyed the Turkish fleet.

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