Akrotíri

American  

[ak-roh-teer-ee] / ˌæk roʊˈtɪər i /

noun

1. the remains of an ancient Minoan city on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea, where abundant pottery and frescoes of the second millennium b.c. have been excavated.

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Example Sentences

HMS Dragon's primary role will be protecting Cyprus and the British airbase there, after RAF Akrotiri was hit with Iranian-made drones.

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Last week a small drone struck the runway at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, causing what the MoD described as "minimal damage".

From BBC

It's a week since the drone punched a hole in a hangar at RAF Akrotiri.

From BBC

Britain retained two major sovereign bases in Cyprus' south and south east, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as part of a 1960 treaty that established the island's independence and ended its status as a British colony.

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They encompass communities well beyond the fenced-off airbase of RAF Akrotiri, on the island's southern tip.

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