Santorini

[ san-tuh-ree-nee; Greek sahn-daw-ree-nee ]

/ ˌsæn təˈri ni; Greek ˌsɑn dɔˈri ni /

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a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group, 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km)

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Also San·to·rin

[san-tuh-reen] /ˌsæn təˈrin/ .

Words nearby Santorini

Santo Domingo, santoku, santolina, santonica, santonin, Santorini, Santorini's duct, Santos, Santos-Dumont, Santo Tomé de Guayana, Sanusi

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The philosopher, Plato, linked Santorini with the mythical lost city of Atlantis that sank beneath the waves.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Santorini is an island of churches: nearly 400 of them, many topped with the quintessential blue dome.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The largest of an archipelago of islands, Santorini is the vestige of a single volcanic landmass that erupted around 1600 BC.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The beautiful island of Santorini is imbued with the history of some of the earliest civilizations.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When someone in Santorini insisted we see the blue-domed chapels of Ios, we hopped a ferry to the party island.
A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking|Curtis Stone|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My risorius de Santorini must still go on working more than fifty times.
My Double Life|Sarah Bernhardt
Just at this point Conte Francesco Santorini entered the apartment, tired and drowsy.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
Count Francesco Santorini helped me at this pinch with excellent advice.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
In 19 the duct of Santorini was well developed but did not open into the duodenum.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity|George. S. Huntington
The Professor tells me there is a muscular slip, a dependence of the platysma myoides, which is called the risorius Santorini.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table|Oliver Wendell Holmes

Medical definitions for Santorini

Santorini

[ săn′tə-rē′nē, sän′tō- ]

Giovanni Domenico 1681-1737

Italian physician and anatomist whose works, especially Observationes Anatomicae (1724) are noted for their thorough descriptions and detailed illustrations.

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