Propontis
Britishnoun
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The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbour; and the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
So celebrated were the quarries of Proconnesos that the ancient name of the island was changed to Marmora, and the whole of the Propontis is now called the Sea of Marmora.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
Along the southern coast of the Propontis were the Doliones and Pelasgians.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
Then without losing time, he and his companions went on board a galley, in order to search on the banks of the Propontis for his Cunegonde, however ugly she might have become.
From Candide by Voltaire
At this moment, Visconti was arming the Genoese fleet, the command of which he gave to Paganino Doria, the admiral who had beaten the Venetians in the Propontis.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
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