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  1. Greek Ionioi Nisoi. island group off the W
  2. coast of Greece; area 860 sq km/332 sq mi. A
  3. British protectorate from 1815 until their
  4. cession to Greece 1864, they include
  5. Cephalonia (Greek Kefallinia); Corfu
  6. (Kerkyra), a Venetian possession 1386-1797;
  7. Cythera (Kithira); Ithaca (Ithaki), the
  8. traditional home of Odysseus; Leukas
  9. (Levkas); Paxos (Paxoi); and Zante
  10. (Zakynthos).
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