Cephalonia

American  

[sef-uh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh] / ˌsɛf əˈloʊ ni ə, -ˈloʊn yə /

noun

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

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Cephalonia British  

/ ˌsɛfəˈləʊnɪə, ˌkɛfəˈləʊnɪə /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Kephallinía.  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)

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Example Sentences

In Greece, gale-force winds fanned fires on tourist islands Zakynthos and Cephalonia, prompting village and hotel evacuations.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

Earlier, firefighters brought under control a blaze on the western island of Cephalonia.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2023

The Pagoulatos father, Panaghis, opened it in 1956, after arriving in Sudan seeking a better life as his native Greek island of Cephalonia lay in the ruins of the Second World War.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

It is produced by a cooperative of 300 grape growing families in the Omala Valley on Cephalonia, an island in the Ionian Sea west of the Greek mainland.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

As the steamer crossed from Santa Maura to Cephalonia we had a clear view of little Ithaca, the Ithaca which Ulysses loved, "not because it was broad, but because it was his own."

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore