Tenedos

[ ten-i-dos, -dohs; Greek ten-e-thaws ]

noun

1. an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.

Tenedos

/ ˈtɛnɪˌdɒs /

noun

1. an island in the NE Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles: in Greek legend the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy Modern Turkish nameBozcaada

Example Sentences

Tenedos Bay was rimmed with sheer cliffs dropping into water so deep we had trouble setting the anchor.

From New York Times

Beauty contests - kallisteia - were a regular fixture in the training grounds of the Olympics at Elis and on the islands of Tenedos and Lesbos, where women were judged as they walked to and fro.

From BBC

We made good time, the huge sea smoothed before us, and held our rites when we reached Tenedos, being wild for home.

From Literature

The island, known to the Greeks as Tenedos, had supporting roles in the mythical Trojan War, the actual centuries-long Venetian-Ottoman conflict, and the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I. In 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne turned the island over to Turkey.

From New York Times

She then crowded all sail, but at eleven o'clock was overhauled by the Pomone and Tenedos and Majestic, the former of which poured in a broadside within musket shot.

From Project Gutenberg