Definitions for euboeayuˈbi ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Eu•boe•ayuˈbi ə(n.)

  1. a Greek island in the W Aegean Sea. 188,410; 1586 sq. mi. (4110 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Cap.: Chalcis.; Modern Greek, Evvoia.

Eu•bo′ic-ˈboʊ ɪk(adj.)

Wiktionary

  1. Euboea(ProperNoun)

    a Greek island just off the eastern coast of Greece in the Aegean Sea.

  2. Origin: From Εὔβοια.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Euboea

    the largest of the Grecian Isles, skirts the mainland on the SE., to which it is connected by a bridge spanning the Talanta Channel, 40 yards broad; it is about 100 m. in length; has fine quarries of marble, and mines of iron and copper are found in the mountains; Chalcis is the chief town.


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