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Imbros

British  
/ ˈɪmbrəs /

noun

  1. Turkish name: Imroz.  a Turkish island in the NE Aegean Sea, west of the Gallipoli Peninsula: occupied by Greece (1912–14) and Britain (1914–23). Area: 280 sq km (108 sq miles)

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This year, with Derby Winner Determine and Handicap Star Imbros leading his string of more than 20 horses, Crevolin is the top money-winning owner in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

What is Samothrace, rising like a ship, what is Imbros rending the storm-waves with its breast?

From Hymen by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Cyllene was reputed to be his birthplace, the islands of Lemnos, Imbros and Samothrace, in which he was associated with the Cabeiri and Attica.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

In the afternoon we arrived at the island of Imbros.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon

What is Rhodes, Crete, what is Paros facing west, what, white Imbros?

From Hymen by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

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