Tenedos

[ ten-i-dos, -dohs; Greek ten-e-thaws ]

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noun

an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.

Tenedos

/ ˈtɛnɪˌdɒs /

an island in the NE Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles: in Greek legend the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy Modern Turkish nameBozcaada

As Helles, Anzac and Tenedos have each been ruled out, we are going to doss down on this sandbank opposite us.

The Navy, in fact, suddenly seem rather bitten with the idea of landing opposite Tenedos.

Between the last-named mounds we see projecting above the high shores of the gean Sea the island of Tenedos.

They are off to Tenedos, where they will embark the troops that are to land on the beaches round the tip of the peninsula.

We were greatly interested in this young lady, who was sent off to Tenedos.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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