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

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 Kennedy, Charles Rann

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)

This Crestonica is probably quite different from the Crestonæi at the source of the Echeidorus, and is a district of Chalcidice.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried