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DODECANESE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea
Synonyms:
Dhodhekanisos; Dodecanese
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Aegean island (an island in the Aegean Sea)
Meronyms (parts of "Dodecanese"):
Rhodes; Rodhos (a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes)
Holonyms ("Dodecanese" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
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