Santa Maura
Americannoun
noun
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The currants, which had vaguely presented themselves at Santa Maura and Cephalonia, came now decisively to the front.
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Shortly after the receipt of the answer of Charles, however, the Sultan conferred upon Dragut the title of Sandjak or governor of the island of Santa Maura, thus constituting him a Turkish official.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by E. Hamilton Currey
From Santa Maura they proceeded to Argostoli, the chief town of Cephalonia.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley
He was born June 27, 1850, on one of the Ionian Isles, Santa Maura, called in modern Greek, Leokus, or Lafcada, the Sappho Leucadia, promontory and all.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
As the steamer crossed from Santa Maura to Cephalonia we had a clear view of little Ithaca, the Ithaca which Ulysses loved, "not because it was broad, but because it was his own."
From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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