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Battle of Navarino

noun
1.
A decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships.  Synonym: Navarino.





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... battle of Navarino, on the 20th of October, 1827, where the allied forces destroyed the Turkish fleet. England withdrew, suspicious of Nicholas' schemes; but France and Russia continued the war until by the Peace of Adrianople, the sultan recognized the independence of Greece,—and ceded to Russia four ...
— The Story of Russia • R. Van Bergen


Words linked to "Battle of Navarino" :   Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic, naval battle, Navarino


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