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Cyclades
[ sik-luh-deez ]
plural noun
- a group of Greek islands in the S Aegean. 1,023 sq. mi. (2,650 sq. km).
Cyclades
/ ˈsɪkləˌdiːz /
plural noun
- a group of over 200 islands in the S Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece. Capital: Hermoupolis (Ermoupoli, on Syros). Pop: 112 615 (2001). Area: 2572 sq km (993 sq miles) Modern Greek nameKikládhes
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It travelled with me over the blue Mediterranean, and landed beside me on the shores of the Cyclades.
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These reptiles are seldom found in islands, yet Tenos, one of the Cyclades, was supposed to have once swarmed with them.
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But Patmos was not one of the Cyclades: it was an Asiatic island, at a considerable distance.
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Advancing from one to another in the numerous islands of this sea, they reached the Cyclades and settled there.
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The wine was not of local growth, but came for the most part from Tenos and others of the Cyclades.
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