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Pylos

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

noun

  1. Greek name of Navarino.


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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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

The Griffin Warrior was buried with around 50 of them, while even the victor engraved into the Pylos Combat Agate has a seal stone tied to his wrist.

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

Stannis sat at his Painted Table with Maester Pylos at his shoulder, an untidy pile of papers before them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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