SALAMIS

Noun

salamis

plural of salami

Etymology

Proper noun

Salamis

The largest island in the Saronic Gulf off Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.

An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.

(Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.

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