Missolonghi

[mis-uh-lawng-gee]

noun

a town in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras: Byron died here 1824.

Also Mesolonghi.

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Contemporary Examples of missolonghi

He commanded around 600 Suliotes in preparations for a siege of Lepanto, a fortified town to the east of Missolonghi.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy
Michael Weiss
February 16, 2014

Historical Examples of missolonghi

Missolonghi nurtured the poet in his youth and led him to the threshold of manhood.
Life Immovable
Kostes Palamas
Then follows Missolonghi with its calm lagoon and the haunts of his boyhood.
Life Immovable
Kostes Palamas
He died of fever at Missolonghi on April 19, at the age of thirty-six.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson
When Byron died, Missolonghi had been delivered from its first siege.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson
Ibrahim settled down to the siege of Nauplia and of Missolonghi.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for missolonghi

Missolonghi

Mesolonghi

noun

a town in W Greece, near the Gulf of Patras: famous for its defence against the Turks in 1822–23 and 1825–26 and for its association with Lord Byron, who died here in 1824. Pop (municipality): 18 354 (2001)Modern Greek name: Mesolóngion

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