Word: dodecanesian
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...northernmost of the Dodecanese Islands.* On Patmos John is supposed to have hidden in a cave and received the vision of the Apocalypse (''The Book of Revelation''). The monastery on the site was built there by St. Christodulus in the 11th Century. The Dodecanesian Society in Athens last week insisted that Italian carabinieri had seized this monastery, possibly with a view to turning it over to the Church of Rome...
...Fiume and Dalmatia are causing each day more jealousy and dissatisfaction on the part of both sides. Turkey shows signs of coming to life and disputing again for what she believes to be her rights in Asia Minor. The Greeks have gained much, but they still lack the Dodecanesian Islands and Cyprus, where their claims are good. Everywhere we find the germs of future disputes...
...proclamation of union has just been made of the Dodecanesian Islands with Greece, the inhabitants of which recently cabled the members of this University to support their claims for such a union. The cablegram appealed to students at all American and allied universities to aid the Dodecanesians in their efforts to be joined to Greece...
...cable, which was sent from the offices of the Greek government, after expressing joy at the defeat of militarism and imperialism by the allied nations, sends a greeting to students at allied and neutral universities. It goes on to say: "Dodecanesian students residing in Greece and Dodecanesian students of the University of Athens urge your support in favor of the re-establishment of their unhappy country to its former indissoluble union with the rest of Greece...
...Dodecanesian Islands are situated on the western coast of Asia Minor, and although the population is almost entirely Greek, formerly belonged to Turkey. In the Turko-Italian war of 1912, they were seized by Italy, and in spite of frequent protests by the inhabitants, have remained in the possession of that country ever since. The name Dodecanesian, meaning 12 islands, does not appear on any map, for the term has only recently come to be applied to this group of islands...