Morea
[maw-ree-uh, moh-]
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Contemporary Examples
Fighting spread a month later to the Morea, and Greek battlefield successes were marred by atrocities against Turkish civilians.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and SavvyMichael Weiss
February 16, 2014
Around 15,000 out of the 40,000 Turkish inhabitants of the Morea were slaughtered.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and SavvyMichael Weiss
February 16, 2014
Historical Examples
In his olden days, in the Morea, he had known the bitterness of poverty.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
After Lepanto, the crowns of the Morea and Albania had been offered to him.
Barbara Blomberg, CompleteGeorg Ebers
In the Morea these two classes have all the power in their hands.
In Greek WatersG. A. Henty
As night came on they anchored in a little bay on the coast of the Morea.
A Knight of the White CrossG.A. Henty
The fear of the Greek fire ships stopped his way to the Morea.
Morea
- the medieval name for the Peloponnese
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