MOREA

Meaning of MOREA in English

/maw ree"euh, moh-/ , n.

Peloponnesus.

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MOREA — Morea BrE AmE mɔː ˈrɪə mɒ-, mə- AmE \ mɔː ˈriː ə moʊ-
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MOREA — Морея
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MOREA, DESPOTATE OF — autonomous Byzantine principality located on the Greek Peloponnese (Morea). It was established in the mid-14th century by the Byzantine emperor …
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VENICE — I Italian Venezia City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 266,181), capital of Veneto region, northern Italy. Built on the lagoon of Venice, …
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PELOPONNESE — Peninsula, forming the southern part of mainland Greece. A large, mountainous body of land jutting south into the Mediterranean Sea, …
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GEMISTUS PLETHON, GEORGE — born с 1355, Constantinople died 1450/52, Mistra, Morea Byzantine philosopher and humanist scholar. He served as lay theologian with the …
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DESPOT — ˈdespə]t, -ˌspä], usu ]d.+V\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, despot, despote, from Greek despotēs master, lord, despot; akin …
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PELOPONNESUS — — Peloponnesian /pel'euh peuh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , adj. , n. /pel'euh peuh nee"seuhs/ , n. a peninsula forming the S …
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CRUSADE — any of a series of military expeditions organized by Western Christians against Muslim powers in order to take possession of …
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TRIPOLIS — city and commercial centre of the central Peloponnese, Greece, and the capital and only large town of the noms (department) …
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SPARTA — Modern Greek Spart, historically Lacedaemon ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese, Greece, and capital of the …
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ROBERT — died 1228, Morea byname Robert Of Courtenay Latin emperor of Constantinople from 1221 to 1228. He was so ineffective that …
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PELOPONNESE — also called Peloponnesus, Modern Greek Pelopnnisos peninsula of 8,278 square miles (21,439 square km), a large, mountainous body of land …
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PASSAROWITZ, TREATY OF — (July 21, 1718), pact signed at the conclusion of the Austro-Turkish (171618) and the VenetianTurkish (171618) wars at Passarowitz (now …
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PALAEOLOGUS FAMILY — Byzantine family that became prominent in the 11th century and the members of which married into the imperial houses of …
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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NAUPLIA — Modern Greek Nvplion, chief town of the noms (department) of Argols, in the Peloponnese, Greece, at the head of the …
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MECHITARIST — also spelled Mekhitarist, member of Congregation of Benedictine Armenian Antonine Monks a congregation of Roman Catholic Armenian monks, widely recognized …
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MAHMUD II — born July 20, 1785, Constantinople died July 1, 1839, Constantinople Ottoman sultan (180839) whose westernizing reforms helped to consolidate the …
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KOSOVO, BATTLE OF — Kosovo also spelled Kossovo (Oct. 1720, 1448), battle between forces of the Ottoman Empire and a Hungarian-Walachian coalition led by …
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KOLOKOTRNIS, THEDOROS — born April 1770, Messenia died Feb. 15, 1843, Athens prominent Greek patriot in the War of Greek Independence (182130). As …
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IBRAHIM PASHA — born 1789, Kavalla, Rumelia [now Kavla, Greece] died Nov. 10, 1848, Cairo, Egypt viceroy (vali) of Egypt under Ottoman rule …
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GREECE, HISTORY OF — history of the area from the Byzantine period, beginning about AD 300, to the present. For earlier periods, see Aegean …
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GEMISTUS PLETHON, GEORGE — born c. 1355, , Constantinople died 1450/52, Mistra, Morea Plethon also spelled Pletho Byzantine philosopher and humanist scholar whose clarification …
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DRAGASANI, BATTLE OF — (June 19, 1821), military engagement in which the Ottoman Turks defeated the forces of the Greek revolutionary society Philik Etairea …
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CONSTANTINE XI (OR XII) PALAEOLOGUS — born Feb. 9, 1404, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Tur.] died May 29, 1453, Constantinople the last Byzantine emperor (144953), killed in …
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CESME, BATTLE OF — esme also spelled Cheshme (July 67, 1770), naval clash in which a Russian fleet defeated and destroyed the Ottoman fleet …
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BAYEZID II — born December 1447/, January 1448?, Demotika, Thrace, Ottoman Empire died May 26, 1512, Demotika byname Bayezid The Just, Turkish Bayezid …
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ALI PASA TEPELEN — born 1744, Tepelen, Albania, Ottoman Empire died Feb. 5 [Jan. 24, Old Style], 1822, Janina, Ottoman Empire [now Ionnina, Gr.] …
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AHMED III — born Dec. 30, 1673, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire died July 1, 1736, Constantinople [now Istanbul], Turkey sultan of the Ottoman Empire …
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VENICE — n. Italian Venezia City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 266,181), capital of Veneto region, northern Italy. Built on the lagoon of Venice, …
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