Olynthus

[ oh-lin-thuhs ]

/ oʊˈlɪn θəs /

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noun

an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Olynthus

O·lyn·thi·ac

[oh-lin-thee-ak], /oʊˈlɪn θiˌæk/, O·lyn·thi·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Olynthus

Olympic-size, Olympio, Olympus, Olympus Mons, Olympus, Mount, Olynthus, Om, OMA, omadhaun, Omagh, Omaha

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How to use Olynthus in a sentence

When this stage of development is reached we have a fully developed sponge of the type made known by Haeckel as Olynthus.
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Few here need to be told that for size and importance Olynthus now stands at the head of the Thracian cities.
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Meanwhile Agesipolis on leaving Macedonia advanced straight upon Olynthus and took up a strategical position in front of the town.
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Time advanced, and Teleutias was in conduct of another expedition against the city of Olynthus.
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Meanwhile Polybiades had reduced the citizens of Olynthus to the last stage of misery through famine.
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British Dictionary definitions for Olynthus

Olynthus

/ (əʊˈlɪnθəs) /

noun

an ancient city in N Greece: the centre of Chalcidice

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