Cythera. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Cythera

SYLLABICATION:	Cy·the·ra
PRONUNCIATION:	s-thîr, sthr-
VARIANT FORMS:	also Kí·thi·ra ( kth-rä)
	An island of southern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Peloponnesus. Southernmost of the Ionian Islands, it was the chief center for the worship of Aphrodite.


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