Dodecanese

American  

[doh-dek-uh-nees, -neez, doh-dek-uh-] / doʊˌdɛk əˈnis, -ˈniz, ˌdoʊ dɛk ə- /

noun

1. a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1,035 sq. mi. (2,680 sq. km).

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Dodecanese British  

/ ˌdəʊdɪkəˈniːz /

plural noun

1. Modern Greek name: Dhodhekánisos.  a group of islands in the SE Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece: part of the Southern Sporades. Capital: Rhodes. Pop: 190 071 (2001). Area: 2663 sq km (1028 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Karpathos is the second largest of the Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea.

From Reuters

Tremors were felt across several of the Dodecanese islands, the National Observatory of Athens says.

From BBC

Greece, through its ownership of the 12 scattered Greek islands in the Dodecanese east of Cyprus, can make a substantive claim to exploration rights.

From The Guardian

Mr. Baker was 4 when his father, conscripted into the military, was among the casualties in the Allies’ disastrous World War II campaign to capture the strategic Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea.

From Washington Post

Along with some of the larger Dodecanese, Tilos is greener and more lush than many Greek islands, and is renowned for its wildlife, from flowers to birds.

From The Guardian