Syros

American  

[sahy-ros, -rohs, see-raws] / ˈsaɪ rɒs, -roʊs, ˈsi rɔs /

Or Síros

noun

1. an island in the Aegean Sea, off the SE coast of Greece, the largest island in the Cyclades group. 32 sq. mi. (84 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

The itinerary for our seven-day trip, “Treasures of the Greek Isles,” has six stops — from the popular islands of Mykonos and Santorini to less-visited Syros and Patmos.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021

Instead it was ruled the trial – attended by the 27-year-old footballer’s father, Alan – would begin as planned on Syros, the capital of the Cycladic isles to which Mykonos belongs.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2020

It began in 2010, when a cat gave birth in Joan and Richard Bowell’s garden on the Greek island of Syros.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2018

In 1973 Goulandris switched production to the Greek island of Syros, although the parts were sent back to the UK to be assembled.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2013

Further he had for his master Pherecydes, a native of the island of Syros and the first who dared throw off the shackles of verse and write in the free style of unfettered prose.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth