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Corinth (Κόρινθος, Kórinthos) is an ancient city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. [1]

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Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in West Texas, United States.

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Achaean League

The Achaean League (Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, Koinon ton Akhaion - "League of Achaeans") was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese.

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Acrocorinth

Acrocorinth (Ακροκόρινθος), "Upper Corinth", the acropolis of ancient Corinth, is a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth, Greece.

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Acropolis

An acropolis (Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, tr. Akrópolis; from ákros (άκρος) or ákron (άκρον) "highest, topmost, outermost" and pólis "city"; plural in English: acropoles, acropoleis or acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.

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Anastasios Bakasetas

Anastasios "Tasos" Bakasetas (Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Μπακασέτας; born 28 June 1993) is a Greek footballer who plays for Superleague Greece club AEK Athens.

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Ancient Corinth

Corinth (Κόρινθος Kórinthos) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Assos-Lechaio

Assos-Lechaio (Άσσος-Λέχαιο) is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Bacchiadae

The Bacchiadae (Ancient Greek: Βακχιάδαι Bakkhiadai), a tightly-knit Doric clan, were the ruling family of archaic Corinth in the eighth and seventh centuries BCE, a period of Corinthian cultural power.

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Bulk carrier

A bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or colloquially, bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds.

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Catania

Catania is the second largest city of Sicily after Palermo located on the east coast facing the Ionian Sea.

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City-state

A city-state is a sovereign state, also described as a type of small independent country, that usually consists of a single city and its dependent territories.

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Corinth (municipality)

The municipality of Corinth is a Greek municipality located in the Peleponnese region established on 1 January 2011 under the Kallikratis Plan for local government reform.

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Corinth Canal

The Corinth Canal (Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, Dhioryga tis Korinthou) is a canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.

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Corinth Excavations

The Corinth Excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens began in 1896 and have continued with little interruption until today.

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Corinth railway station

Corinth Railway Station (Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Κορίνθου, Sidirodromikos Stathmos Korinthou) is a railway station in Corinth, Greece.

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Corinth Refinery

Corinth Refinery is an oil refining complex in Greece, the largest industrial complex in the country with an annual capacity of, operated by Motor Oil Hellas.

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Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth is a city in and the county seat of Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.

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Corinthia

Corinthia (Κορινθία Korinthía) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Costas Soukoulis

Costas M. Soukoulis (Κώστας Μ. Σούκουλης) is a Senior Scientist in the Ames Laboratory and a Distinguished Professor of Physics at Iowa State University.

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Customs

Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal, and hazardous items, into and out of a country.

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Cypselus

Cypselus (Κύψελος, Kypselos) was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BCE.

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Deindustrialization

Deindustrialization or deindustrialisation is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry.

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Demetrius the Cynic

Demetrius (Δημήτριος; fl. 1st century), a Cynic philosopher from Corinth, who lived in Rome during the reigns of Caligula, Nero and Vespasian (37-71 AD).

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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European route E94

European route E 94 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.

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Evangelos Ikonomou

Evangelos OikonomouHis last name is sometimes also transliterated as Economou or Oikonomou.

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Examilia

Examilia (Εξαμίλια) is a town in the municipality of Corinth, Greece.

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Ferry

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water.

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Gamma Ethniki

Gamma Ethniki (Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division), is the third highest football league in Greece.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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George Kollias (drummer)

Georgios "George" Kollias (born August 30, 1977 in Corinth, Greece) is a Greek heavy metal drummer and music teacher best known for his work with American technical death metal band Nile.

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Greco-Persian Wars

The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.

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Greece

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Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση, Elliniki Epanastasi, or also referred to by Greeks in the 19th century as the Αγώνας, Agonas, "Struggle"; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı, "Greek Uprising"), was a successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830.

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Gulf of Corinth

The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf (Κορινθιακός Kόλπος, Korinthiakόs Kόlpos) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece.

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Hellenic Coast Guard

The Hellenic Coast Guard (Greek Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή – Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki – lit. "Port Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard") is the national coast guard of Greece.

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Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos (elder)

Ioannis Diamantopoulos (Ιωάννης Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος; 1766–1826) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830).

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Iowa State University

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, generally referred to as Iowa State, is a public flagship land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States.

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Irene Papas

Irene Papas or Irene Pappas (Ειρήνη Παππά; born 3 September 1926) is a retired Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years.

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Isthmia, Corinthia

Isthmia (Ισθμία) is a Greek village and community 7.5 km southeast of Corinth.

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Isthmus of Corinth

The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jagodina

Jagodina (Јагодина) is a city and the administrative center of the Pomoravlje District in central Serbia, Sumadia.

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Kalamata

Kalamata (Καλαμάτα Kalamáta) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region.

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Kechries

Kechries (Κεχριές, rarely Κεχρεές) is a village in the municipality of Corinth in Corinthia in Greece, part of the community of Xylokeriza.

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Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos

Konstantinos "Kostas" Triantafyllopoulos (Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; born 3 April 1993) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Asteras Tripolis in the Greek Superleague.

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KTEL (Greece)

KTEL (Κοινά Ταμεία Εισπράξεων Λεωφορείων, "Common Funds of Bus Proceeds") is the main intercity public transport bus service in Greece.

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Lechaio

Lechaio (Λέχαιο) is a village in the municipal unit of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia, Greece.

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List of Greek place names

This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language.

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Loutraki-Perachora

Loutraki-Perachora (Greek: Λουτράκι-Περαχώρα) is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Macarius of Corinth

Macarius of Corinth was born in Corinth in 1731 and died in Chios in April 1805.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Mole (architecture)

A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway between places separated by water.

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Moreas Motorway

The Moreas Motorway (Αυτοκινητόδρομος Μωρέας, designated: A7) is a motorway in Peloponnese, Greece.

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Motorway 8 (Greece)

The Greek Motorway 8 (Αυτοκινητόδρομος 8), is a motorway in Greece.

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Municipalities and communities of Greece

The municipalities of Greece (δήμοι, dímoi) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of that country.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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Nikolaos Zafeiriou

Nikolaos Zafeiriou (Νικόλαος Ζαφειρίου; 1871 in Corinth – 1947 in Athens) was a Greek artillery officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

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Nile (band)

Nile is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, United States, formed in 1993.

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Oil refinery

Oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils.

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Oneia Mountains

The Oneia Mountains (Όνεια Όρη or Oneia Ori) are a low mountain range in Corinthia, northeastern Peloponnese, Greece.

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P.A.S. Korinthos

P.A.S. Korinthos (Π.Α.Σ. Κόρινθος), also known simply as Korinthos (Κόρινθος) or with its full name Pagkorinthiakos Athlitikos Syllogos Korinthos (Παγκορινθιακός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Κόρινθος, Pan-corinthian Athletic Club) is a Greek football club based in the city of Corinth, Greece.

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Panagiotis Tzanavaras

Panagiotis Tzanavaras (Πναγιώτης Τζαναβάρας; born 30 October 1964 in Korinthos, Greece), is a former football player and currently a manager.

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Panagis Tsaldaris

Panagis Tsaldaris (also Panagiotis Tsaldaris or Panayotis Tsaldaris; Παναγιώτης (Παναγής) Τσαλδάρης; 5 March 1868 – 17 May 1936) was a Greek politician and the 48th Prime Minister of Greece.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul the Apostle (Paulus; translit, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; c. 5 – c. 64 or 67), commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus (translit; Saũlos Tarseús), was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of the Christ to the first century world.

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Pegasus

Pegasus (Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; Pegasus, Pegasos) is a mythical winged divine stallion, and one of the most recognized creatures in Greek mythology.

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Peloponnese (region)

The Peloponnese region (Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου) is a region in southern Greece.

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Peloponnesian League

The Peloponnesian League was an alliance in the Peloponnesus from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC, dominated by Sparta.

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Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.

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Periander

Periander (Περίανδρος; died c. 585 BC), was the Second Tyrant of the Cypselid dynasty that ruled over Corinth.

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Piraeus

Piraeus (Πειραιάς Pireás, Πειραιεύς, Peiraieús) is a port city in the region of Attica, Greece.

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Proastiakos

The Proastiakos (Προαστιακός, 'suburban') is the collective name for Greece's suburban railway (commuter rail) services, which are run by TrainOSE, the country's only rail operator, on infrastructure owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE).

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Saronic Gulf

The Saronic Gulf (Greek: Σαρωνικός κόλπος, Saronikós kólpos) or Gulf of Aegina in Greece is formed between the peninsulas of Attica and Argolis and forms part of the Aegean Sea.

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Saronikos, Corinthia

Saronikos (Σαρωνικός) is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija),Pannonian Rusyn: Сербия; Szerbia; Albanian and Romanian: Serbia; Slovak and Czech: Srbsko,; Сърбия.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Sparta

Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, Spártā; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, Spártē) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece.

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Strike action

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

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Syracuse, Sicily

Syracuse (Siracusa,; Sarausa/Seragusa; Syrācūsae; Συράκουσαι, Syrakousai; Medieval Συρακοῦσαι) is a historic city on the island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse.

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Tenea

Tenea (Τενέα) is an ancient city and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli (Τρίπολη, Trípoli, formerly Τρίπολις, Trípolis; earlier Τριπολιτσά Tripolitsá) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth

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