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Second-largest Greek island
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euboea
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Euboea or Evia (; Modern Greek : Εύβοια, Evvia ; , Eúboia ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete . The narrow Euripus Strait separates it from Boeotia in mainland Greece . In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large island of Greece north of Attica and Boeotia, literally "rich in cattle," from eu- "good, well" (see eu- ) + bous "ox, cow" (see cow (n.)). Related: Euboean .
Usage examples of euboea.
Cecropian land and Aulis inside of Euboea and the Opuntian cities of the Locrians, and gladly did ye step forth upon the beach of Pagasae.
I saw take place more than nine years ago during the assembly of this military expedition at Aulis, the strait between Euboea and the Greek mainland.
Behind them came ambassadors from the city states of Athens, Corinth, Thebes and even Sparta, plus representatives from Boeotia, Pherae, Euboea, Thrace, Illyria and Paionia.
But she was pursued by Hera's jealous fury and ranged Attica, Euboea, Thrace and the islands of the Aegean sea, begging in vain of each of these countries to receive her.