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Zákinthos, Nísos (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 47 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 47 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in the Ionian Sea off the NW coast of Peloponnesus; is plagued by frequent earthquakes; Thucydides recorded that it was colonized by Achaeans from the Peloponnesus; has often been military base, for Athens, Rome, Norman kings of Sicily, & others. |
Names: |
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| Zákinthos, Nísos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zákinthos (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zakínthou (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zacynthus (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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............ | some form of this name in use at least by 750 BC, documented by Homer |
| Zakynthos (C,V)
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| Zakinthos (C,V)
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| Zante (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zákinthos island (C,O,display)
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| Zákynthos, Nísos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Zákinthos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Nísos Zákynthos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zacynthos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zákynthos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Zanthe (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Zákinthos (regional division) (P) |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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settled at least since Bronze Age |
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