Thermopylae
/θɚˈmɑpɪli/ name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.
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More examples"At the Thermopylae pass, the Greeks waited for the Persians. The Persians saw them; they didn't understand why they were combing their hair and working out. It was because they were waiting for death."
Etymology
From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).