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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC. historical

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă, from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”), literally “city of the rowers”).

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