Zakynthos
Proper noun
Meaning
Zakynthos
An island in Greece in the Ionian Sea, the third largest of the Ionian Islands.
Synonym: Zante
Examples
On the Greek Isle of Zakynthos in September 1943, when Nazi officials demanded a list of the island's 275 Jewish residents, Mayor Loukas Karrer turned to local Greek Orthodox Bishop Chrysostomos for help.
Flights land at Zakynthos (Zante) International Airport, which is just over 15 minutes’ drive from the centre of the resort.
Indeed, such order never came to Zakynthos and the Germans put the deportation plans on hold and stopped asking for the list.
Navagio Beach or Shipwreck Beach, is an exposed cove on the coast of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Islands of Greece.