Dodecanese

geographical name

Do·​de·​ca·​nese dō-ˈde-kə-ˌnēz 

-ˌnēs;

ˌdō-di-kə-ˈnēz,

-ˈnēs

islands of Greece in the southeastern Aegean Sea comprising the Southern Sporades south of Ikaria and Samos; belonged to Italy 1923–47 area 486 square miles (1264 square kilometers), population 162,439 see rhodes sense 1

Dodecanesian

(ˌ)dō-ˌde-kə-ˈnē-zhən 

ˌdō-di-kə-

-shən

adjective or noun