Sporades

geographical name

Spor·​a·​des ˈspȯr-ə-ˌdēz How to pronounce Sporades (audio)
ˈspär-
two island groups of Greece in the Aegean Sea: the Northern Sporades (chief island Skyros, north of Euboea and east of Thessaly) and the Southern Sporades (chiefly Samos, Ikaria, and the Dodecanese, off southwestern Turkey)

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“Sporades.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sporades. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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