A decisive naval battle in the Greek struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire, fought in 1827 in the Bay of Navarino off Pylos in the Peloponnese. Britain, Russia, and France sent a combined fleet which destroyed the Egyptian and Turkish fleet.
Definition of Navarino, Battle of in US English:
Navarino, Battle of
proper nounˌnavəˈrēnō
A decisive naval battle in the Greek struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire, fought in 1827 in the Bay of Navarino off Pylos in Peloponnesus. Britain, Russia, and France sent a combined fleet that destroyed the Egyptian and Turkish fleet.