Taphians
In Homeric Greece, the islands of Taphos lay in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania in northwestern Greece, home of seagoing and piratical inhabitants, the Taphians.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island group of Ionian Sea, Greece
- Also known as: “Meganísi”, “Meganísi Nísos”, “Nisida Meganisi”, “Nisída Meganísi”, “Nisís Meganision”, “Nisís Tathos”, “Táfos”, “Teleboides islands”, and “Tilevoḯs”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spartochori and Vathy.
Vathy
Village
Vathy is a town on the Greek Ionian island of Meganisi, which is part of the Lefkada regional unit. The Bay of Vathy in one of the world's largest natural harbors.
Taphians
- Categories: island group, mythical ethnic group, and landform
- Location: Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Armenian—“Taphians” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Тафийци”
- Catalan: “Tafis”
- Cebuano: “Tilevoides”
- Dutch: “Taphians”
- Finnish: “Tilevoḯdes”
- French: “Taphos”
- German: “Taphier”
- German: “Teleboer”
- German: “Tilevoides”
- Greek: “Νησίδα Μεγανήσι”
- Greek: “Τάφιοι Νήσοι”
- Greek: “Τηλεβόες Νήσοι”
- Greek: “Τηλεβοΐδες νήσοι”
- Hebrew: “טילבואידס”
- Italian: “Tafi”
- Portuguese: “Tafos”
- Russian: “Тафийские острова”
- Russian: “Тафийцы”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tafos”
- Swedish: “Tilevoides”
- Western Armenian: “Թիլեվոյիդես (Թաֆյի) կղզիներ”
- Western Armenian: “Թիլեվոյիդես կղզիներ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kalopoulos bay and Órmos Spiliá.
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