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Sounion

[ soo-nee-uhn ]

/ ˈsu ni ən /

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Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.

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Also called Colonna.

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How to use Sounion in a sentence

Surely here we have the site of the temple of the god who was prayed to on Sounion.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman
The name is well applied; Sounion is before all things the Cape of the Columns.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman
A voyage to Sounion forms then a necessary part of even a short sojourn in Athens and Attica.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman
He who is careful about mines, old or new, might prefer a land journey which should combine Sounion with Laureion.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman

The island of Patroklos is the last of the series of capes and islands between Peiraieus and Sounion.
Studies of Travel - Greece|Edward A. Freeman