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Cephalonia

[ sef-uh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh ]

noun

  1. the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. 287 sq. mi. (743 sq. km).


Cephalonia

/ ˌkɛfəˈləʊnɪə; ˌsɛfəˈləʊnɪə /

noun

  1. a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles) Modern Greek nameKephallinía


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Yet these are the terms in which he wrote to his two correspondents at Cephalonia.

On my arrival from England at Cephalonia, his lordship asked me what new publications I had brought out.

In the office of the hotel he found that the boat was the Cephalonia, and that she was scheduled to start at half-past eleven.

To his amazement, he found that the Cephalonia was already a hundred yards from the dock.

A few days after the ceremony Ivan read a brief cable dispatch announcing the arrival of the Cephalonia at Queenstown.

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