Santa Maura
Americannoun
noun
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A dozen more had found refuge with Ulugh Ali in the fortified harbour of Santa Maura.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
A young man came forward who had been educated in the school at Santa Maura; we gave him a New Testament, and he read the greater part of a chapter in the Gospels.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John
Lafcadio was born at Santa Maura, the modern name for the ancient Leucadia of the Greeks.
From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.
Early on the 28th the Christian fleet was discovered at anchor, in a foul wind, off Santa Maura, thirty miles to the south.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
As the steamer crossed from Santa Maura to Cephalonia we had a clear view of little Ithaca, the Ithaca which Ulysses loved, "not because it was broad, but because it was his own."
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
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