Mesolóngion
Mesolóngion
(ˌmɛsəˈlɒŋɡɪˌɒn)Mis•so•lon•ghi
(ˌmɪs əˈlɔŋ gi)n.
| 单词 | mesolóngion |
| 释义 | MesolóngionMesolóngion(ˌmɛsəˈlɒŋɡɪˌɒn)Mis•so•lon•ghi(ˌmɪs əˈlɔŋ gi)n. MesolóngionMesolóngion(mĕsôlông`gēôn) orMissolonghi(mĭsəlông`gē), town (1991 pop. 12,103), capital of Aetolia and Acarnania prefecture, W central Greece, a port on the Gulf of Pátrai. It trades in fish, wine, and tobacco. Mesolóngion was a major stronghold of the Greek insurgents in the Greek War of Independence. Its inhabitants successfully resisted a siege by forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1822–23 and held out heroically against a second siege from 1825 to 1826, when the Ottoman forces captured the town. Lord Byron, the English poet who supported the Greek insurgents, died there in 1824.Mesolongiona city and port in Greece on the Gulf of Patrai in the Ionian Sea. Administrative center of the nome of Aetolia and Acarnania. Population, 11,600 (1971). The city has fish-processing, tobacco, and meat industries. The English poet Byron died in Mesolongion. |
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