Patras

NOUN
  1. a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages
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How To Use Patras In A Sentence

  • FITS(Flexible ImageTransport System)was recommended as the standard format for interchange of image data among all observatories by Commission 5 at the 1982 General Assembly of IAU in Patras.
  • Legend has it that St Andrew was martyred by the Romans on a saltire cross at Patras in Greece.
  • The cemetery dates back to the mid-1930′s and is the creation of the local folk artist Stan Ioan Patras, sculptor, painter and poet rolled in one.
  • After a recital of his misfortune had entertained the company, and after the muses had performed their parts to the satisfaction of the audience and their own, the conversation ceased to be supported in masquerade character; muses and harlequins, gipsies and Cleopatras, began to talk of their private affairs, and of the news and the scandal of the day. Belinda
  • The intended target of the bomb was the United Kingdom consulate in Patras.
  • They are also setting up networks in Patras, Thessaloniki, and elsewhere. Diana Farr Louis: Food Aid Takes Off in Athens
  • Clashes were also reported in Thessaloniki, Patras, Corfu and Crete. Greek protesters fight with police as parliament agrees cuts deal
  • Everywhere we go this night, the shopping area of Patras is dominated by tub - thumping .
  • Pentelicus; at Patras, the cellae of the temple of Jupiter and Hercules, which are brick, although on the outside the entablature and columns of the temple are of stone; in Italy, at Arezzo, an ancient wall excellently built; at Tralles, the house built for the kings of the dynasty of Attalus, which is now always granted to the man who holds the state priesthood. The Ten Books on Architecture
  • Under the Ottoman dominion Patras became the capital of the pashalik of Morea, and underwent severe trials. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
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