Negropont

[ neg-roh-pont ]

noun

1. Euboea.

Negropont

/ ˈnɛɡrəʊˌpɒnt /

noun

1. the former English name for Euboea
2. the medieval English name for Chalcis

Example Sentences

I had seen larger trees in Syria and Negropont, but here was a triple avenue, nearly half a mile in length, so trained and sculptured that they rivalled the regularity of masonry.

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Trelawny has made a hero of the Greek chief, Ulysses, and declares that there is a great cavern in Attica which he and Ulysses have provisioned for seven years, and to which, if the cause fails, he and this chieftain are to retire; but if the cause is triumphant, he is to build a city in the Negropont, colonise it, and Jane and I are to go out to be queens and chieftainesses of the island.

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Eubœ�a, formerly called Negropont, a Greek island, the second largest island of the �gean Sea.

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In modern history Euboea or Negropont comes once more prominently into notice at the time of the fourth crusade.

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Among those who suffered most from their wounds was the bailiff of Negropont.

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