DODECANESE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dodecanese mean? 

• DODECANESE (noun)
  The noun DODECANESE has 1 sense:

1. a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea

  Familiarity information: DODECANESE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DODECANESE (noun)

Meaning:

A group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Dhodhekanisos; Dodecanese

Instance hypernyms:

Aegean island (an island in the Aegean Sea)

Meronyms (parts of "Dodecanese"):

Rhodes; Rodhos (a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes)

Holonyms ("Dodecanese" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)