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Definition of Lepanto
1. Noun. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
Generic synonyms: Naval Battle
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepanto
Literary usage of Lepanto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"THE HERO OF Lepanto AND HIS TIMES. NOTWITHSTANDING the marked leaning of the
literary world towards biographies during the present century, ..."
2. Don John of Austria by William Stirling Maxwell, George William Cox (1883)
"Fol 384 SEBASTIAN VENIERO, Commander-in-Chief of the fleet of Venice at Lepanto.
From a contemporary woodcut, 15 inches high by i o£ inches wide, ..."
3. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"THE ROAD TO Lepanto, THE BATTLE, AND A GLANCE AT THE FOLLOWING CENTURY AS THE
FLEETS were assembling at Messina in the late summer of 1571, no one in Rome, ..."
4. The Life of Lord Byron by John Galt (1830)
"Before any actual step was, however, taken, two spies came in with a report that
the Albanians in garrison at Lepanto had seized the citadel, ..."
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