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lepanto
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lepanto \Lepanto\ n. The name of a battle in which Turkish seapower was destroyed by the Christian League in 1571.
Syn: battle of Lepanto.
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Wikipedia
Lepanto is the medieval Italian name of the Greek town of Naupactus. It may also refer to:
Lepanto is an underground station on Line A of the Rome Metro, which is an underground mass transit system. The station was inaugurated in 1980, and is at the junction of viale Giulio Cesare with via Lepanto and via Marcantonio Colonna, in Prati.
The offices of the Civil Court of Rome are in via Lepanto.
Lepanto is a famous poem by G.K. Chesterton about the Battle of Lepanto. It is a rousing martial ballad which tells of the defeat of the Ottoman fleet of Ali Pasha by the Christian crusader, Don John of Austria. The poem was written in 1911 and its stirring verses helped inspire soldiers such as John Buchan during World War I.
Usage examples of "lepanto".
Before any actual step was, however, taken, two spies came in with a report that the Albanians in garrison at Lepanto had seized the citadel, and were determined to surrender it to his Lordship.