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Pylos

[pee-laws, pahy-los, -lohs]

noun

  1. Greek name of Navarino.



Pylos

/ ˈ貹ɪɒ /

noun

  1. Italian name: Navarino.Modern Greek name: íDz.a port in SW Greece, in the SW Peloponnese; scene of a defeat of the Spartans by the Athenians (425 bc ) during the Peloponnesian War and of the Battle of Navarino See Navarino

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Up to 650 people were feared to have drowned when the overcrowded Adriana fishing vessel sank near Pylos, off the Greek coast, in the early hours of 14 June 2023.

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In a statement it said: "Almost two years after the Pylos shipwreck, the prosecution and referral to main investigation for felonies of 17 members of the Coast Guard, including senior officers of its leadership, constitutes a substantial and self-evident development in the course of vindication of the victims and the delivery of justice."

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Beneath the fluorescent lighting of his hotel room in Pylos, Greece, Jesse Garcia combs through his greasy strands of hair after a daylong shoot for “The Odyssey” — Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie adaptation of the Greek epic.

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In an address to the International Olympic Committee in Pylos, Greece, Casey Wasserman addressed concerns over visas and entry requirements to the U.S. for athletes and delegations taking part in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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Six of the people on board were picked up by another yacht sailing in the area and transported to Pylos, where one woman was transferred to a hospital in the southern city of Kalamata.

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