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n. A city in Thrace, northeastern Greece.
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Xanthi (, Xánthi, ); is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace.
Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided by the Kosynthos River, into the west part, where the old and the modern town are located, and the east part that boasts a rich natural environment. The Old Town of Xanthi is known throughout Greece for its distinctive architecture, combining many Byzantine Greek churches with neoclassical mansions of Greek merchants from the 18th and 19th centuries and Ottoman-era mosques. Other landmarks in Xanthi include the Archaeological Museum of Abdera and the Greek Folk Art Museum.
Xanthi is famous throughout Greece (especially Northern Greece) for its annual spring carnival ( Greek: καρναβάλι) which has a significant role in the city's economy. Over 40 cultural associations from around Greece participate in the carnival program. The festivities which take place during the period include concerts, theatre plays, music and dance nights, exhibitions, a cycling event, games on the streets, and re-enactments of old customs.
Xanthi is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace. The capital is Xanthi. Together with the regional units Rhodope and Evros, it forms the geographical region of Western Thrace.
Usage examples of "xanthi".
When I worked in the garden west of the Thracian town of Xanthi that had been the life's work of my father Labros, all mandrake-growers t and there were few enough of us remaining -- had been reduced to the use of dogs.
Even at a hundred paces I recognized Cyllo, who had been one of my companions during such schooling as I had had, and was the nearest thing to a friend I had in Xanthi nowadays.
If the Christians of Xanthi had had their way, mandrake-growing would have been outlawed twenty years before.
Go to your uncle in Kavala, if you think that best, or find some nearer refuge and return to Xanthi when the fury has died down.
A von Till actually flew for the German Imperial Air Service all right But you claimed to have flown with Kurt Heibert in Jasta 73 out of the Xanthi aerodrome in Macedonia.
Drama, Philippi, Kavalla, Xanthi, Komotini, Alexandropoulis: sad inflammations of concrete squares and neon.