Southern Sporades


plural noun

See under Sporades.

Definition for southern sporades (2 of 2)

Sporades
[ spawr-uh-deez; Greek spaw-rah-th es ]
/ ˈspɔr əˌdiz; Greek spɔˈrɑ ðɛs /

plural noun

two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the one (Northern Sporades) off the E coast of Greece; the other (Southern Sporades), including the Dodecanese, off the SW coast of Asia Minor.

British Dictionary definitions for southern sporades

Sporades
/ (ˈspɒrəˌdiːz) /

pl n

two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades, lying northeast of Euboea, and the Southern Sporades, which include the Dodecanese and lie off the SW coast of Turkey