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| Noun | 1. A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Euripus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1549. (references) |
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Etymology:Euripus \Eu*ri"pus\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression well rushing motion.]. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows, as that in Greece, between Euboea and Attica, or Euboea and Boeotia. It is sometimes used for a strait or frith much agitated.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Euripus is geographically located in Greece. Its features include a strait (a relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water). Its geographic coordinates are 38.466667 degrees North latitude and 23.583333 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
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| Euripus Strait | The Euripus Strait (Greek: Ευριπος), is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea from Boeotia in mainland Greece. It is subject to strong tidal currents which reverse direction several times a day. Its principal port is Chalkis on Euboea, which is located at the strait's narrowest point. (references) | ||
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| Euripus consimilis | 7 | Euripus (genus) | 4 | |
| Euripus Strait | 5 | Euripus consimilis | 7 | |
| Euripus (genus) | 4 | Euripus Strait | 5 | |
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Noun |
strait. Consider also: inlet, pinch, quandary, channel, straits, crack, crisis, dilemma, fling, flip, head, notch, passport, toss, whirl. | |
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Synonyms within Context: euripus | ||
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Gulf Lake |
Euripus, arm of the sea, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, continental shelf, continental slope, cove, creek, estuary, fiord, firth, frith, gulf, gulph, gut, indraught, inlet, kyles, lagoon, lagune, land covered with water, mouth, narrows, natural harbor, ostiary, roads, sound, strait. | |
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