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Ath·os

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–noun

1.	Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 1713; 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); ab. 35 mi. (56 km) long.

2.	a headland on this peninsula. 6350 ft. (1935 m) long.

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A peak, about 2,034 m (6,670 ft) high, of northeast Greece. It is the site of the virtually independent monastic community of Mount Athos, originally founded in the tenth century.

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mount athos
noun
an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century [syn: Athos]