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Pílos (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 54 36 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.9100 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 41 55 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.6986 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was an important ancient port on the Ionian Sea; noted for great Mycenaean palace near here dating to 13th cen. BC, possibly home of King Nestor in Homer's Iliad; was scene of Athenian naval victory over Sparta in 425 BC; now is a fishing town. |
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| Pílos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Pilos (C,V)
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| Pylos (C,V)
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| Pýlos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Néon Kastrov (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kastro (H,V)
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| Navarino (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Palaio Kastro (H,V)
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| Pylus Messeniae (H,V)
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Peloponnese (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Messinía (regional division) (P) |
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Pílos (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important ancient site |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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