Tenedos

American  

[ten-i-dos, -dohs, ten-e-thaws] / ˈtɛn ɪˌdɒs, -ˌdoʊs, ˈtɛn ɛ ðɔs /

noun

1. an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.

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Tenedos British  

/ ˈtɛnɪˌdɒs /

noun

1. Modern Turkish name: Bozcaada.  an island in the NE Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles: in Greek legend the base of the Greek fleet during the siege of Troy

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Example Sentences

We made good time, the huge sea smoothed before us, and held our rites when we reached Tenedos, being wild for home.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

They are off to Tenedos, where they will embark the troops that are to land on the beaches round the tip of the peninsula.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward

Homer describes an island off the coast, named Tenedos, and a mountain near called Mount Ida.

From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

"To Tenedos, to pay another visit in a day or two," added Maynebrace.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

And Antiphanes enumerates "mustard, and also scammony juice from Cyprus; cardamums from Miletus; onions from Samothrace; cabbages, kail, and assafœtida from Carthage; thyme from Hymettus, and marjoram from Tenedos."

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us