Siphnos

American  

[sif-nos, -naws] / ˈsɪf nɒs, -nɔs /

Or Sifnos

noun

1. a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).

---

Example Sentences

This building was originally surmised by the excavators to be the treasury of Siphnos, but further evidence led them to change their opinion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Greece had once been rich in mines, which had been a source of wealth and prosperity to Siphnos and Atticus, and had laid the foundation of the power of Philip of Macedon.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various

Gold abounded in the Levant, and it was obtained in considerable quantity in the island of Siphnos, and also from Pangaeus.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various

The chief mines were in Siphnos, Thessaly, and Attica.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various

And Diphilus of Siphnos pronounces plums to be juicy, digestible, and easily evacuated, but not very nutritious.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us