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Definition of Gulf of lepanto
1. Noun. Inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Lepanto
Literary usage of Gulf of lepanto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters by Hugh William Williams (1820)
"Knavery of our Greek Skipper.—Land on the Coast of Albania.—River Achelous.—Skipper's
hatred of All Pasha.—Coast of the Gulf of Lepanto ..."
2. A Journey Through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia by John Cam Hobhouse Broughton (1817)
"LETTERS FROM ALBANIA, LETTER I. Departure from Malta.—Approach to the Gulf of
Lepanto, ... Gulf of Lepanto ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Toward the middle the gulf of Lepanto attains the width of about 16 m. It is
surrounded by lofty and picturesque mountains. ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"—The gulf of Lepanto is 75 m. in length from E. to W., and lies between the N.
coast of the ... Toward the middle the gulf of Lepanto attains the width ..."