Matapan

American  

[mat-uh-pan] / ˈmæt əˌpæn /

noun

1. Cape, a cape in S Greece, at the S tip of the Peloponnesus.

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Matapan British  

/ ˌmætəˈpæn, ˈmætəˌpæn /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Taínaron.  a cape in S Greece, at the S central tip of the Peloponnese: the southern point of the mainland of Greece

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Example Sentences

Sailed into the Matapan Sea, bound for Aliaga, Bannock had quickly listed and capsized, ceasing to exist in the old-fashioned way, by sinking to the bottom.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2017

Undeniably, however, British Intelligence thereafter proved uncannily adept at forestalling Italian fleet movements, notably in the March 1941 sea battle off Greece's Cape Matapan, where the Royal Navy crippled Italy's numerically superior force.

From Time Magazine Archive

They live in Swampscott and Matapan and Cheshire, Vermont, and Rumford, Maine, and Fairfield, Connecticut, and even, apparently, in the American South.

From Time Magazine Archive

Admiral Cunningham has on his escutcheon the fair marks of Taranto, Matapan and last year's Libyan show.

From Time Magazine Archive

I remembered him and his Slaves as I passed between Capes Matapan, St. Angelo, and his Isle of Ceriga, and I always bewailed the absence of the Anthology.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle