salamis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of salami
name
  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.

Word forms

salamis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

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