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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 fishing boat Adriana went down off the Greek coast near Pylos.

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

Pylos spoke softly, as if loath to disturb Cressen's solemn meditations.

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