[ath-ohs, ey-thos; Gk. ah-thaws] 
| 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. |
| Ath·os (āth'ŏs, ā'thŏs, ä'thôs) 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. |
| Mount Ath·os (mount āth'ŏs, ā'thŏs, ä'thôs) See Athos. |
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