- Messenia, Gulf of
- geographical name inlet of the Mediterranean S Greece on S coast of Peloponnese
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Messenia, Gulf of
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Messenia, Gulf of — Gulf of the Ionian Sea, on the coast of the southwestern Peloponnese, Greece. On the west side of the gulf is the port of Koróni, originally settled by Argives after the First Messenian War (с 735–715 BC) and reoccupied during the Middle Ages by… … Universalium
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