Pylos

American  

[pee-laws, pahy-los, -lohs] / ˈpi lɔs, ˈpaɪ lɒs, -loʊs /

noun

1. Greek name of Navarino.

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Pylos British  

/ ˈpaɪlɒs /

noun

1. Italian name: Navarino.  Modern Greek name: Pílos.  a port in SW Greece, in the SW Peloponnese; scene of a defeat of the Spartans by the Athenians (425 _bc ) during the Peloponnesian War and of the Battle of Navarino See Navarino

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Example Sentences

The Adriana had left Libya for Italy in June 2023 and was monitored by a Greek patrol vessel for some 15 hours off Pylos before it went down.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

First is the palace; next is a mysterious aristocrat known only as the Griffin Warrior; then comes exploration of beehive-shaped burial mounds; and, finally, artistic production in provinces around Pylos.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Six of the people on board were picked up by another yacht sailing in the area and transported to Pylos, where one woman was transferred to a hospital in the southern city of Kalamata.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

In June, a battered trawler smuggling up to 750 people from Libya to Italy sank southwest of Pylos, in one of the worst Mediterranean migrant disasters in years.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

For the first time, he started to wonder about this Prince of Pylos, and his great-grandfather Shen Lun’s disgrace at Camp Jupiter, and what the family powers might be.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan