ZACYNTHUS

Meaning of ZACYNTHUS in English

/zeuh kin"theuhs, -sin"-/ , n.

Latin name of Zante .

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ZACYNTHUS — also spelled Zakynthos, Modern Greek Zkinthos, French Zante, Italian Zacinto island, southernmost and third largest of the Ionian Islands (q.v.) …
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VESALIUS, ANDREAS — Flemish Andries van Wesel born Dec. 1514, Brussels died June 1564, island of Zacynthus, Republic of Venice Flemish physician. Born …
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IONIAN ISLANDS — ancient Heptanesos Group of seven Greek islands (pop., 2001: 214,274) in the Ionian Sea. They include Corfu , Cephalonia , …
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FOSCOLO, UGO — orig. Niccolò Foscolo born Feb. 6, 1778, Zacynthus, Venetian republic died Sept. 10, 1827, Turnham Green, near London, Eng. Italian …
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ZANTE — /zahn"tee, -tay, zan"-/ , n. 1. a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. …
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VESALIUS, ANDREAS — born December 1514, Brussels [now in Belgium] died June 1564, island of Zacynthus, Republic of Venice [now in Greece]) (Latin), …
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SOLOMS, DHIONSIOS, COUNT — (Komis) born April 8, 1798, Zante, Ionian Islands [now Zacynthus, Greece] died Nov. 21, 1857, Corfu first poet of modern …
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KALVOS, ANDREAS IOANNIDIS — born April 1792, Zacynthus, Venetian Republic [now Zkinthos, Greece] died Nov. 3, 1869, London Greek poet who brought an Italian …
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ISAAC II ANGELUS — born c. 1135 died February 1204 Byzantine emperor who, although incapable of stemming administrative abuses, partly succeeded, by his defeat …
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IONIAN ISLANDS — Modern Greek Inioi Nsoi, island group off the west coast of Greece, stretching south from the Albanian coast to the …
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ILOS — in Greek mythology, the founder of Ilion (Troy). Ilos (or Zacynthus, a Cretan name) has been identified either as the …
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HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY — born 1794 died , June 1, 1828, Zacynthus, Ionian Islands British naval officer who fought in the War of Greek …
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FOSCOLO, UGO — born Feb. 6, [Jan. 26, Greek calendar], 1778, Zacynthus, Venetian republic [now Zkinthos, Greece] died Sept. 10, 1827, Turnham Green, …
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DION — born c. 408 BC died 354 brother-in-law of Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily, and master of Syracuse …
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AKSAKOV, KONSTANTIN SERGEYEVICH — born March 29 [April 10, New Style], 1817, Novo-Aksakovo, Russia died Dec. 7 , 1860, Zacynthus, Greece Russian writer and …
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VESALIUS, ANDREAS — v. Flemish Andries van Wesel born Dec. 1514, Brussels died June 1564, island of Zacynthus, Republic of Venice Flemish physician. …
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IONIAN ISLANDS — ancient Heptanesos Group of seven Greek islands (pop., 2001: 214,274) in the Ionian Sea. They include Corfu , Cephalonia , …
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FOSCOLO, UGO — orig. Niccolò Foscolo born Feb. 6, 1778, Zacynthus, Venetian republic died Sept. 10, 1827, Turnham Green, near London, Eng. Italian …
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