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Chalcidice

American  
[kal-sid-uh-see] / kælˈsɪd ə si /

noun

  1. a peninsula in NE Greece.


Chalcidice British  
/ 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)

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It has generally been surmised that they would choose Salonika, for the Chalcidice Peninsula, on which Salonika lies, is like a medieval castle with a moat around it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he became fascinated by references to the Chalcidice peninsula in Strabo's Geography.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

But early in 348 he appeared in person in Chalcidice, and took one after another of the towns of the League, including Mecyberna the port of Olynthus, and Torone.

From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Arthur Wallace Pickard

Brasidas now marched against this town, starting from Arne in Chalcidice.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Richard Crawley

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