Tenedos

American  

[ten-i-dos, -dohs, ten-e-thaws] / ˈtɛn ɪˌdɒs, -ˌdoʊs, ˈtɛn ɛ ðɔs /

noun

1. an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.

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Tenedos British  

/ ˈtɛnɪˌdɒs /

noun

1. Modern Turkish name: Bozcaada.  an island in the NE Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles: in Greek legend the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy

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Example Sentences

We made good time, the huge sea smoothed before us, and held our rites when we reached Tenedos, being wild for home.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

There is no doubt about Sigeum and Rhoeteum, or the river Scamander, or the islands Imbros, Lemnos and Tenedos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Then all the rest of the Greeks should embark in their ships and sail to the Isle of Tenedos, and lie hidden behind the island.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

Then old Nestor was the first that volunteered to go into the horse; but Neoptolemus said that, brave as he was, he was too old, and that he must depart with the army to Tenedos.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

There were on the Orwell two schooner yachts belonging to Sir Hyde Parker, whose ancestor commanded the Tenedos frigate which was sent away by Broke that he might fight the Chesapeake on equal terms.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)