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

In December, several mayors from the Cyclades as well as the Dodecanese -- which includes the highly touristic islands of Rhodes and Kos -- sounded the alarm.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Symi is part of Greece's Dodecanese island group and had a population of 2,590 in 2011.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

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

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2021

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 • Oct. 6, 2019

Rather illogically they allocated SV8 to all the other islands irrespective of their geographical position and with yet another exception—SV5 for the twelve Dodecanese islands.

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.