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Sporades

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Sporades , islands, E and SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. They have been grouped variously at different times. The Northern Sporades are generally understood to include Skíros, Skiathos, Skópelos, and some smaller islands off the coast of Évvoia and W Turkey. Límnos and Lesbos are sometimes also included. The Southern Sporades are generally understood to include Ikaría, Sámos, the Dodecanese, and sometimes Khíos. The main products of the Sporades are olive oil, wine, and citrus fruit.

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Sporades

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Sporades, Greece A group of widely dispersed islands in the Aegean Sea whose collective name means ‘Scattered’ from sporas.

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Sporades

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Sporades •Andes •Hades, Mercedes •Archimedes • Thucydides • aphides •Eumenides, Parmenides •Maimonides, Simonides •Euripides • cantharides • Hesperides •Hebrides •Aristides, bona fides •Culdees •Alcibiades, Hyades, Pleiades •Cyclades • antipodes • Sporades •Ganges • Apelles •tales, Thales •Achilles, Antilles •Los Angeles • Ramillies • Pericles •isosceles • Praxiteles • Hercules •Empedocles • Sophocles • Damocles •Androcles • Heracles • Themistocles •Hermes • Menes • testudines •Diogenes • Cleisthenes •Demosthenes •Aristophanes, Xenophanes •manganese • Holofernes • editiones principes • herpes •lares, primus inter pares •Antares, Ares, Aries, caries •antifreeze • Ceres • Buenos Aires

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