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Venizelos

Proper noun

Meaning

Venizelos

A transliteration of the Greek surname Βενιζέλος (Venizélos).

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Examples

Alongside domestic reforms, Venizelos restored Greece's frayed international relations, even initiating a Greco-Turkish reconciliation with a visit to Ankara and the signing of a Friendship Agreement in 1930. Source: Internet

At the same time, a series of deaths left the Greek political scene in disarray: Kondylis died in February, Venizelos in March, Demertzis in April and Tsaldaris in May. Source: Internet

Facing the danger of encirclement, Constantine realized that his army could no longer continue hostilities, agreed to Eleftherios Venizelos ' proposal and accepted the Bulgarian request for armistice as this had been communicated through Romania. Source: Internet

H. Bouvier & Co., Bonn, 1949, page 132 Zaharoff convinced Venizelos to attack but, after some impressive initial success, the Greek Army was eventually driven back. Source: Internet

In the elections that followed, Constantine’s loyalists managed to force Venizelos to flee, but Zaharoff stayed around to persuade the same King that he had to attack Turkey again. Source: Internet

However the main goal was enosis with Greece which came after Eleftherios Venizelos 's constant opposition to Prince George's rule over Crete. Source: Internet

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