Argolis

[ ahr-guh-lis ]

/ ˈɑr gə lɪs /

noun

an ancient district in SE Greece.

Gulf of, a gulf of the Aegean, in SE Greece. About 30 miles (48 km) long.

Related forms

Ar·gol·ic

[ahr-gol-ik] /ɑrˈgɒl ɪk/, Ar·go·li·an

[ahr-goh-lee-uh n] /ɑrˈgoʊ li ən/, Ar·go·lid, adjective

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Examples from the Web for argolis

It is a limited territory, probably such as was afterwards the State of Argolis.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
Many a fine sail shall we have together when we reach our own Argolis.
Our Little Grecian Cousin|Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
Trina was a place in Argolis, where Neptune stuck his trident in the ground, and immediately water sprung up.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.|Euripides
Inachus is the principal river of Argolis in the Peloponnesus.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley

Argos; a city in Argolis, a province in the northeast part of the Peloponnesian peninsula in Greece.
English Narrative Poems|Various

British Dictionary definitions for argolis

Argolis

/ (ˈɑːɡəlɪs) /

noun

a department and ancient region of Greece, in the NE Peloponnese. Capital: Nauplion. Pop: 102 392 (2001). Area: 2261 sq km (873 sq miles)

Gulf of Argolis an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese

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