Pilos

[ pee-laws ]

/ ˈpi lɔs /

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noun

Greek name of Navarino.

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How to use Pilos in a sentence

His hair, short and arranged in thick curls, hung beneath the pilos, forming a hollow crown around his head.
Snnica|Vicente Blasco Ibez
Pilosace is from two Greek words, pilos, felt; sakos, garment.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for Pilos

Pílos

/ (ˈpilɔs) /

noun

transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Pylos

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