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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Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In the same winter the indefatigable Spartan effected the capture of Torone, a town situated on the second of the three headlands which project, like the prongs of a fork, from the peninsula of Chalcidice.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)

Nature might be imagined gradually improving in her work when she framed the three peninsulas of the Chalcidice.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.

Under this treaty they went out to Chalcidice and other places, according as was their power.

From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard