an ancient city in SE Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: one of the oldest Greek cities, it dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century bc. Pop (municipality): 29 505 (2001)
Argos in American English
(ˈɑrˌgɑs; ˈɑrgəs)
ancient city-state in the NE Peloponnesus: it dominated the Peloponnesus from the 7th cent. b.c. until the rise of Sparta