Saronic Gulf

American  

[suh-ron-ik] / səˈrɒn ɪk /

noun

1. an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.

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Saronic Gulf British  

/ səˈrɒnɪk /

noun

1. Also called: Aegina.   Gulf of Aegina.  an inlet of the Aegean on the SE coast of Greece. Length: about 80 km (50 miles). Width: about 48 km (30 miles)

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Example Sentences

I hiked one of the winding trails with a high-energy Greek Australian mathematician, admiring the view of Athens and the port of Piraeus, a pearly jumble on the glittering Saronic Gulf.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014

Middle-class European tourists tend to come to the wider Saronic Gulf for its safe sailing.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012

Some regions, like Greece's Saronic Gulf and the northern part of the Adriatic, were found to be hazardous, but others turned out to be relatively pure.

From Time Magazine Archive

So while Hippolytus drove in a chariot by the shore of the Saronic Gulf, the sea-god sent a fierce bull forth from the waves.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

It is situated in the central plain of Attica, about 4 miles from the Saronic Gulf or Gulf of �gina, an arm of the �gean Sea running in between the mainland and the Peloponnesus.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various