Salamis
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of salami form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 The largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
- 2 An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.
- 3 A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name. Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).
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