Siphnos

American  

[sif-nos, -naws] / ˈsɪf nɒs, -nɔs /

Or Sifnos

noun

1. a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

To the southeast of Eubœa are the Cyclades—a group of islands of which Delos, Andros, Tenos, Myeonos, Naxos, Paros, Olearos, Siphnos, Melos, and Syros, were the most important.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

Gold abounded in the Levant, and it was obtained in considerable quantity in the island of Siphnos, and also from Pangaeus.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various

This building was originally surmised by the excavators to be the treasury of Siphnos, but further evidence led them to change their opinion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Certain central Aegean islands, Antiparos, Ios, Amorgos, Syros and Siphnos, were all found to be singularly rich in evidence of the middle-Aegean period.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

You had better come home with me, and I'll treat you to some perfumed wine that I received yesterday from Siphnos.

From Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian by Sienkiewicz, Henryk