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Negropont

[ neg-roh-pont ]

noun



Negropont

/ ˈnɛɡrəʊˌpɒnt /

noun

  1. See Euboea
    the former English name for Euboea
  2. the medieval English name for Chalcis


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A journey of three days brings you to Negropont, a large city on the coast, to which merchants resort from all parts.

Eubœa, formerly called Negropont, a Greek island, the second largest island of the gean Sea.

In modern history Euboea or Negropont comes once more prominently into notice at the time of the fourth crusade.

Before sunrise the Greek ships were working their way in long procession through the Strait of Negropont.

He had boarded and stormed the ship that attacked him, a long galley commanded by the Bey of Negropont.

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