SESTOS

Meaning of SESTOS in English

geographical name ruined town Turkey in Europe on the Dardanelles (Hellespont) at narrowest point

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SESTOS — /ses"tos/ , n. an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SESTOS — geographical name ruined town Turkey in Europe on the Dardanelles (Hellespont) at narrowest point
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SESTOS — Pronunciation: ' ses-t ə s Function: geographical name ruined town Turkey in Europe on the Dardanelles (Hellespont) at narrowest point
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SESTON — ˈseˌstän noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from Greek sēston, neuter of sēstos, verbal of sēthein to strain, filter : …
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HERO AND LEANDER — two lovers celebrated in Greek legend. Hero, virgin priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos, was seen at a festival by Leander …
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CHERSONESE, THRACIAN — ancient region comprising the modern Gallipoli Peninsula, located on the European side of the Hellespont (the Dardanelles, in modern Turkey). …
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HERO AND LEANDER — [Greek heroic] Leander was a youth of Abydos, a town of the Asian side of the strait which separates Asia …
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