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Khalkís

British  
/ xalˈkis /

noun

  1. a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Chalcis

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A following wind came down from grey-eyed Athena, blowing brisk through heaven, and so steady the cutter lapped up miles of salt blue sea, passing Krounoi abeam and Khalkis estuary at sundown when the sea ways all grew dark.

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