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