Corinth

American  

[kawr-inth, kor-] / ˈkɔr ɪnθ, ˈkɒr- /

noun

1. an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.

2. a port in the NE Peloponnesus, in S Greece: NE of the site of ancient Corinth.

3. Also called Gulf of Lepanto. Gulf of Corinth. an arm of the Ionian Sea, N of the Peloponnesus.

4. Isthmus of Cornith, an isthmus at the head of the Gulf of Corinth, connecting the Peloponnesus with central Greece: traversed by a ship canal.

5. a city in NE Mississippi.

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Corinth British  

/ ˈkɒrɪnθ /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Kórinthos. a port in S Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: the modern town is near the site of the ancient city, the largest and richest of the city-states after Athens. Pop (municipality): 36 991 (2001)

2. a region of ancient Greece, occupying most of the Isthmus of Corinth and part of the NE Peloponnese

3. an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece

4. a narrow strip of land between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf: crossed by the Corinth Canal making navigation possible between the gulfs

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Corinth

Most of the destruction from the fire, which broke out Friday, was in villages on the Gulf of Corinth including Porto Germeno, where scores of homes are thought to have been destroyed or damaged.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

The gift also includes paintings, drawings, prints and posters from Alfred Kubin, Oskar Kokoschka and Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, as well as German artists Lovis Corinth and Käthe Kollwitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

It said new infection cases had been detected in the central Larissa region and in Corinth in the south.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024

Halleck occupied Corinth the next day, it was true, but there was an empty ring to his boast that this was a “victory as brilliant and important as any recorded in history.”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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