Missolonghi

American  

[mis-uh-lawng-gee] / ˌmɪs əˈlɔŋ gi /

noun

1. a town in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras: Byron died here 1824.

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Missolonghi British  

/ ˌmɪsəˈlɒŋɡɪ /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Mesolóngion.  a town in W Greece, near the Gulf of Patras: famous for its defence against the Turks in 1822–23 and 1825–26 and for its association with Lord Byron, who died here in 1824. Pop (municipality): 18 354 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The worst mismanagement in literary history was of Byron’s unpublished memoirs, which became an issue as soon as the news of his death in Missolonghi reached London.

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2018

"Missolonghi" was Delacroix's second painting on the theme of Greek independence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2015

When a writer embraces history writ large, when he leaves for Catalonia or Missolonghi, is that politics, or is literature still involved?

From Newsweek • Jun. 16, 2013

There are so many great Burns and Byron love poems, but my favourite is Byron's poem to a young man at Missolonghi who looked after him in his last illness.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2012

We have also to record the death of another determined enemy of tyranny, in the person of Lord Byron, who expired at Missolonghi, on the 19th of April, after an illness of ten days.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne