Definition & Meaning | English word IRAKLION

Definitions of IRAKLION

1. The capital city of Crete, Greece.
2. A regional unit in central Crete.

Examples of Using IRAKLION in a Sentence

• High-school-aged students whose parents were stationed in other Turkish locations, those stationed in Iraklion Air Station in Crete, and the children of civilian federal employees working for the VOA (Voice of America) radio station in Xanthi, Greece then attended high school in Karamürsel.
• Following the march, Cretans from Lasithi demanded access to health services, equal to the rest of Crete, and stormed the Regional Health headquarters in Iraklion.
• The name "candytuft" is not related to candy, but derives from Candia, the former name of Iraklion on the Island of Crete.
• The Arkalochori cave first came to scholarly attention in 1912, when peasants collected 20 kilos of Bronze Age weapons from the cave (known locally as "the treasure hole") and sold them for scrap metal in the port town of Candia (Iraklion).
• USAFSS ground units opened in out of the way places around the globe, including Diyarbakir, Karamürsel, Samsun and Trabzon Air Force Detachments in Turkey, Iraklion Air Station, Crete, Wakkanai Air Station in Japan, Zweibrucken and Wiesbaden Air Bases in Germany, Royal Air Force Kirknewton in Scotland, and Peshawar, Pakistan.

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