Thasos

American  

[thah-saws, they-sos, -sohs] / ˈθɑ sɔs, ˈθeɪ sɒs, -soʊs /

noun

1. a Greek island in the N Aegean. About 170 sq. mi. (440 sq. km).

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Thásos British  

/ ˈθæsɒs /

noun

1. a Greek island in the N Aegean: colonized by Greeks from Paros in the 7th century _bc as a gold-mining centre; under Turkish rule (1455–1912). Pop: 13 761 (2001). Area: 379 sq km (146 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Thasian adjective

Example Sentences

Enticed by the new low prices, customers from other grocery chains quickly flocked to Whole Foods, according to a report by alternative data intelligence firm Thasos Group, which analyzed mobile phone location data.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

In 465 BCE, the city-state of Thasos withdrew from the league but was compelled by Athenian forces to rejoin.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The clinical eye — exacting, dispassionate, free of superstition — came into being a little after 500 B.C. on the wealthy Greek island of Thasos, Lane Fox argues in “The Invention of Medicine.”

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2021

Peeping tom: a street cat looks on as an archaeologist examines a stone wall in Thasos, Greece.

From Nature • Jan. 23, 2018

He spoke at length on the contradiction between the style of the sculpture and the fact that the marble from which it was carved came from Thasos.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell