Chalcidice

[kal-sid-uh-see]

noun

1. a peninsula in NE Greece.

Chalcidice

/ kælˈsɪdɪsɪ /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Khalkidíki. a peninsula of N central Greece, in Macedonia Central, ending in the three promontories of Kassandra, Sithonia, and Akti. Area: 2945 sq km (1149 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Farther north we get an Athenian party opposed to an Olynthian in Chalcidice, and a republican party, dependent upon the support of Thebes, opposed to that of the tyrants in Thessaly.

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The islands also sent off their colonies, carrying their dialects with them, Paros to Thasos, Euboea to the peninsulas of Chalcidice; the Dorians of Megara guarded the entrance to the Black Sea at Chalcedon and Byzantium.

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It plays no part in the history of the Greek cities in Chalcidice and Thrace.

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It grows, too, around Torone in Chalcidice, in a marsh of moderate size, and that place ripens it, and it brings its fruit to perfection there.

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But Dorion calls it the chalcidice.

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