SPORADES


Meaning of SPORADES in English

Pronunciation: ' spo ̇ r- ə - ˌ d ē z, ' spär-

Function: geographical name

two island groups Greece in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades (chief island Skyros, N of Euboea & E of Thessaly) & the Southern Sporades (chiefly Samos, Ikaria, & the Dodecanese, off SW Turkey)

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