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English noun: Aegospotamos

1. Aegospotamos (object) a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War


SynonymsAegospotami


Instance hypernymbrook, creek


Part meronymRepublic of Turkey, Turkey

2. Aegospotamos (act) a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)


SynonymsAegospotami


Instance hypernymnaval battle


Part meronymPeloponnesian War









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