Salamis

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of salami form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
  2. 2
    An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.
  3. 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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