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Si⋅cy⋅on

[sish-ee-on, sis-]
–noun
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.

Sic⋅y⋅o⋅ni⋅an [sis-ee-oh-nee-uhn] , adjective, noun
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Si·cy·on   (sĭsh'ē-ŏn', sĭs'-)   
An ancient city of southern Greece in the northeast Peloponnesus near the Gulf of Corinth. It reached the height of its power under the tyrant Cleisthenes in the sixth century B.C.
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