Santa Maura
Americannoun
noun
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It was accordingly determined to lay siege to Santa Maura, in the island of Leucadia, a strongly-fortified place, which commanded the northern entrance into the Gulf of Lepanto.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
Early on the 28th the Christian fleet was discovered at anchor, in a foul wind, off Santa Maura, thirty miles to the south.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
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 Huneker, James
A young man came forward who had been educated in the school at Santa Maura; we gave him a New Testament, and he read the greater part of a chapter in the Gospels.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John
Lafcadio was born at Santa Maura, the modern name for the ancient Leucadia of the Greeks.
From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.
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