Cythera
Americannoun
noun
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a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
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the chief town of this island, on the S coast. Pop: 297 (2001)
Example Sentences
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Mentor, was delayed when the ship foundered off the Greek island of Cythera in 1802.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
But in the jet age, sailing by flower-bedecked barges to a make-believe Cythera will no longer do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gauguin was partly a reprise of Watteau, each in his own way imagining fugitive pleasure on a distant island, Cythera equaling Tahiti.
From Time Magazine Archive
Luxe is a clumsily tender Arcadi an idyl, the Isle of Cythera transferred to an as yet unpopular St.-Tropez, spatted with dots of neo-impressionist light.
From Time Magazine Archive
The exact spot where Aphrodite was born of the foam could be visited by any ancient tourist; it was just offshore from the island of Cythera.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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