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Definition of Corinth
1. Noun. The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Member holonyms: Corinthian
Derivative terms: Corinthian
Definition of Corinth
1. n. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.
Definition of Corinth
1. Proper noun. A city in Greece on northern coast of Peloponnese peninsula. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corinth
Literary usage of Corinth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Between the hostile worlds of the Dorians and Ionians, corinth was as between two
... corinth took the side of Lacedaemon in the internal quarrels of Greece ..."
2. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"The population of the Peloponnesus is described as a hellenized mixed race.
It includes about 60000 Albanians, chiefly in corinth and ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"While the occupation of corinth on May 30 was but the shell of a victory, ...
Tardy as had been Halleck's advance on corinth, there still remained to him ..."
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