Dodekanese

DODEKANESE

October 20, 2008

. The name “Dodekanese” is a combination of two Greek words: “dodeca” meaning “twelve” and “nisi” meaning “island” (plural “nisia”), and because there were twelve islands in that group of island, the Greeks named them “Dodekanisa”. The main islands of the group are: Karpathos, Patmo, Kasos, Astipalaia, Lipsoi, Leros , Kalimnos, Nisiros, Tilos, Halki, Simi, [...]