PHANARIOTE

Meaning of PHANARIOTE in English

() One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PHANARIOTE — add. ·- one of the greeks of constantinople who after the turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices …
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PHANARIOTE — member of one of the principal Greek families of the Phanar, the Greek quarter of Constantinople (Istanbul), who, as administrators …
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PHANARIOT — () Alt. of Phanariote
Английский словарь Webster
PHANARIOT — add. ·- ·alt. of phanariote.
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WALACHIA — also spelled Wallachia, Romanian Tara Romneasca, Turkish Iflak principality on the lower Danube River, which in 1859 joined Moldavia to …
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VACARESCU FAMILY — Romanian boyars of Phanariote (Greek) origin, a gifted family that gave the first poets to Romanian literature. Ienachita (174099), after …
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PARASKHOS, AKHILLEFS — born March 6, 1838, Nvplion, Greece died Jan. 26, 1895, Athens Greek poet who was the central figure of the …
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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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BUCHAREST — Romanian Bucuresti city and municipality, the economic, administrative, and cultural centre of Romania. It lies in the middle of the …
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