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Mykonos (Μύκονος) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. [1]

91 relations: Administrative regions of Greece, Aegean Maritime Museum, Age of Enlightenment, Agios Stefanos (Mykonos), Andrea Ghisi, Apollo, Archaeological Museum of Mykonos, Baryte, Battle of Mykonos, Byzantine Empire, Carians, Catalan Company, Catherine of Siena, Catholic Church, Clay, Constantinople, Corinth Canal, Cured pork tenderloin, Cyclades, Delos, Doge of Venice, Eastern European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Etesian, Fleet Foxes, Fourth Crusade, Ftelia, Gran Castello Historic House, Greek legislative election, May 2012, Greek War of Independence, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Hercules, Herodotus, Ioannis Svoronos, Ioannis Toumbas, Ionians, Island of Death (film), Jesus, Kapudan Pasha, Karolina (painter), Kenneth Koch, Kopanisti Mykonou, Lazarakia, LGBT, Lighthouse, List of Greek place names, List of islands of Greece, List of municipalities of Greece (2011), List of settlements in the Cyclades, Manto Mavrogenous, ..., Mary Paraskeva, Mary, mother of Jesus, Mount Olympus, Municipalities and communities of Greece, Mykonos (song), Mykonos Airport, Mykonos Biennale, Mykonos vase, Mykonos windmills, Naxos, Neoclassical architecture, New Democracy (Greece), Nicholas Pettas, Nico Mastorakis, Omelette, Paradise Beach, Paros, Petros (pelican), Platys Gialos, Polytheism, Postal codes in Greece, Psarrou, Regional units of Greece, Reverse osmosis, Rineia, Roman Empire, Saint Dominic, Siena, South Aegean, Stephanus of Byzantium, Suleiman the Magnificent, Sun Giant, Syriza, Syros, Telephone numbers in Greece, Tinos, Titan (mythology), Vehicle registration plates of Greece, Venice, World War I, Zeus. Expand index (41 more) »

Administrative regions of Greece

The administrative regions of Greece (περιφέρειες, peripheries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally prefectures and, since 2011, regional units.

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Aegean Maritime Museum

The Aegean Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Mykonos, Greece.

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Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason; in lit in Aufklärung, "Enlightenment", in L’Illuminismo, “Enlightenment” and in Spanish: La Ilustración, "Enlightenment") was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy".

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Agios Stefanos (Mykonos)

Agios Stefanos (Gr. Άγιος Στέφανος meaning Saint Stephen) is a sandy beach next to Tourlos, the new harbor of Mykonos.

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Andrea Ghisi

Andrea Ghisi was a Venetian nobleman, and the first Lord of Tinos and Mykonos.

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Apollo

Apollo (Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek: Ἀπόλλων, Apollōn (Ἀπόλλωνος); Doric: Ἀπέλλων, Apellōn; Arcadocypriot: Ἀπείλων, Apeilōn; Aeolic: Ἄπλουν, Aploun; Apollō) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Archaeological Museum of Mykonos

The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos is a museum, in Mykonos, in Greece.

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Baryte

Baryte or barite (BaSO4) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate.

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Battle of Mykonos

The Battle of Mykonos was a minor naval engagement fought in the main harbour of the Cycladic island of Mykonos on 17 June 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).

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Carians

The Carians (Κᾶρες, Kares, plural of Κάρ, Kar) were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia.

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Catalan Company

The Catalan Company or the Great Catalan Company (Catalan: Gran Companyia Catalana, Latin: Exercitus francorum, Societatis exercitus catalanorum, Societatis cathalanorum, Magna Societas Catalanorum) was a company of mercenaries led by Roger de Flor in the early 14th century and hired by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos to combat the increasing power of the Turks.

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Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena (25 March 1347 in Siena – 29 April 1380 in Rome), was a tertiary of the Dominican Order and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian who had a great influence on the Catholic Church.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Clay

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.

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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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Cured pork tenderloin

Cured pork tenderloin is found in various cuisines in Mediterranean Europe and South America.

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Cyclades

The Cyclades (Κυκλάδες) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece.

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Delos

The island of Delos (Δήλος; Attic: Δῆλος, Doric: Δᾶλος), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece.

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Doge of Venice

The Doge of Venice (Doxe de Venexia; Doge di Venezia; all derived from Latin dūx, "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian Duca), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for 1,100 years (697–1797).

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Etesian

The etesians (or; periodic winds; sometimes found in the Latin form etesiae), meltemia (μελτέμια; pl. of μελτέμι meltemi), or meltem (Turkish) are the strong, dry north winds of the Aegean Sea, which blow from about mid-May to mid-September.

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Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes is an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington.

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Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III.

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Ftelia

Ftelia (Φτελιά) is a beach on the island of Mykonos, Greece.

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Gran Castello Historic House

The Gran Castello Historic House (Maltese: Dar Storika tal-Gran Kastell), formerly known as the Folklore Museum, is a historic house museum dedicated to Gozitan folklore in Victoria, Gozo, Malta.

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Greek legislative election, May 2012

The May 2012 Greek legislative election was held in Greece on Sunday, 6 May, to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament.

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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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Hayreddin Barbarossa

Hayreddin Barbarossa (Arabic: Khayr ad-Din Barbarus خير الدين بربروس), (Ariadenus Barbarussa), or Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha (Barbaros Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa or Hızır Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kapudan Pasha), born Khizr or Khidr (Turkish: Hızır; c. 1478 – 4 July 1546), was an Ottoman admiral of the fleet who was born on the island of Lesbos and died in Constantinople, the Ottoman capital.

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Hercules

Hercules is a Roman hero and god.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος, Hêródotos) was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (484– 425 BC), a contemporary of Thucydides, Socrates, and Euripides.

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Ioannis Svoronos

Ioannis Svoronos (Ιωάννης Σβορώνος; Mykonos, 15 April 1863 – Athens, 7 July 1922) was a Greek archaeologist and numismatist.

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Ioannis Toumbas

Ioannis Toumbas (Ιωάννης Τούμπας, 24 February 1901 – 7 May 1995) was a Greek naval officer and politician, best known for his command of the destroyer ''Adrias'' during World War II.

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Ionians

The Ionians (Ἴωνες, Íōnes, singular Ἴων, Íōn) were one of the four major tribes that the Greeks considered themselves to be divided into during the ancient period; the other three being the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans.

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Island of Death (film)

Island of Death (Greek: Τα Παιδιά Του Διαβόλου, Ta pediá tou Diavólou, literally "Children of the Devil", also known as Devils in Mykonos and A Craving For Lust) is a 1976 English-language Greek exploitation film directed by Nico Mastorakis.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Kapudan Pasha

The Kapudan Pasha (قپودان پاشا, modern Turkish: Kaptan Paşa), was the Grand Admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire.

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Karolina (painter)

Carol Wells, karolinasmykonos.com, retrieved 5 Feb.

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Kenneth Koch

Kenneth Koch (27 February 1925 – 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77.

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Kopanisti Mykonou

Kopanisti Mykonou (Κοπανιστή Μυκόνου) is a salty, spicy cheese, with protected designation of origin (PDO).

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Lazarakia

Lazarákia ("Little Lazaruses") are small, sweet spice breads made in Greece and Cyprus by Orthodox Christians on Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday that begins Holy Week.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

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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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List of islands of Greece

Greece has a large number of islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account.

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List of municipalities of Greece (2011)

According to the Kallikratis Programme, since 1 January 2011 Greece is divided into 325 municipalities, grouped into the 13 regions of Greece.

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List of settlements in the Cyclades

This is a list of settlements in the Cyclades islands, Greece.

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Manto Mavrogenous

Manto Mavrogenous (Μαντώ Μαυρογένους) (1796 – July 1848) was a Greek heroine of the Greek War of Independence.

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Mary Paraskeva

Mary Paraskeva (Μαίρη Παρασκευά; née Gripari (Γρυπάρη), 1882–1951) was a Greek amateur photographer; her photographic legacy from the beginning of the 20th century is probably the earliest known by a Greek woman.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.

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Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus (Όλυμπος Olympos, for Modern Greek also transliterated Olimbos, or) is the highest mountain 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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Mykonos (song)

Mykonos is the third single from indie folk band Fleet Foxes, from their 2008 EP Sun Giant.

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Mykonos Airport

Mykonos Airport is an airport in Mykonos, Greece, located 4 kilometers from the town of Mykonos.

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Mykonos Biennale

The Mykonos Bienniale is held every odd year at the start of the summer on the Greek island of Mykonos.

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Mykonos vase

The Mykonos vase, a pithos, is the earliest dated object (Archaic period, c.675 BC.) which depicts the Trojan Horse during the Trojan War.

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Mykonos windmills

The Mykonos windmills are iconic feature of the Greek island of the Mykonos.

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Naxos

Naxos (Greek: Νάξος) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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New Democracy (Greece)

The New Democracy (Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dimokratia), also referred to as ND (ΝΔ) by its initials, is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece.

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Nicholas Pettas

Nicholas Pettas (born January 23, 1973, in Mykonos) is a Greek-Danish karateka, former heavyweight kickboxer and actor, who fought out of Team Sprit AE in Tokyo, Japan.

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Nico Mastorakis

Nico Mastorakis (Νίκος Μαστοράκης; born 28 April 1941 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker, director and radio producer.

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Omelette

In cuisine, an omelette or omelet is a dish made from beaten eggs fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg).

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Paradise Beach

Paradise Beach is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow Pictures.

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Paros

Paros (Πάρος; Venetian: Paro) is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea.

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Petros (pelican)

Petros was a great white pelican.

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Platys Gialos

Platys Gialos or Platis Yalós is a beach in Mykonos, Greece.

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Polytheism

Polytheism (from Greek πολυθεϊσμός, polytheismos) is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals.

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Postal codes in Greece

The Greek postal code system is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία, Hellenic Post).

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Psarrou

Psarrou (Ψαρρού) is one of the most famous beach villages of Mykonos island, but mainly among Greeks.

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Regional units of Greece

The 74 regional units (περιφερειακές ενότητες, perifereiakés enóti̱tes, sing.) are administrative units of Greece.

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Reverse osmosis

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification technology that uses a semipermeable membrane to remove ions, molecules and larger particles from drinking water.

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Rineia

Rineia or Rhenea (Ρήνεια) is a Greek island in the Cyclades.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic (Santo Domingo), also known as Dominic of Osma and Dominic of Caleruega, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo Félix de Guzmán (8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), was a Castilian priest and founder of the Dominican Order.

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Siena

Siena (in English sometimes spelled Sienna; Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy.

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South Aegean

The South Aegean (Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece.

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Stephanus of Byzantium

Stephen of Byzantium, also known as Stephanus Byzantinus (Greek: Στέφανος Βυζάντιος; fl. 6th century AD), was the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled Ethnica (Ἐθνικά).

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Suleiman the Magnificent

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Sun Giant

Sun Giant is the second EP by Seattle-based indie folk band Fleet Foxes.

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Syriza

The Coalition of the Radical Left (translit), mostly known by the syllabic abbreviation Syriza (sometimes stylised SY.RIZ.A.; ΣΥΡΙΖΑ; a pun on the Greek adverb σύρριζα, meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a political party in Greece, originally founded in 2004 as a coalition of left-wing and radical left parties.

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Syros

Syros (Σύρος), or Siros or Syra is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea.

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Telephone numbers in Greece

This is a list of dialing codes in Greece.

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Tinos

Tinos (Τήνος) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea.

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Titan (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν, Titán, Τiτᾶνες, Titânes) and Titanesses (or Titanides; Greek: Τιτανίς, Titanís, Τιτανίδες, Titanídes) were members of the second generation of divine beings, descending from the primordial deities and preceding the Olympians.

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Vehicle registration plates of Greece

Greek vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e.g. ΑΑΑ-1000) printed in black on a white background.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Zeus

Zeus (Ζεύς, Zeús) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus.

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References

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

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