two groups of Greek islands in the Aegean: the Northern Sporades, lying northeast of Euboea, and the Southern Sporades, which include the Dodecanese and lie off the SW coast of Turkey
Sporades in American English
(ˈspɔrəˌdiz; Greek spɔˈʀɑθɛs)
1.
all the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea except the Cyclades
2.
the Greek islands along the W coast of Turkey, esp. the Dodecanese