Chalcidice

American  

[kal-sid-uh-see] / kælˈsɪd ə si /

noun

1. a peninsula in NE Greece.

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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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Chalcidice

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 was colonized by a people from Chalcis in Euboea, and commanded a large district called Chalcidice, in which there were thirty-two cities.

From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Charles Rann Kennedy

Just look at the list of Greek territories already occupied by the allied troops—Lemnos, Imbros, Mytilene, Castelloriza, Corfu, Saloniki, including the Chalcidice Peninsula, and a large part of Macedonia.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller

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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