Main Entry: Do·de·ca·nese

Pronunciation: \dō-ˈde-kə-ˌnēz, -ˌnēs; ˌdō-di-kə-ˈ\

Function: geographical name

islands Greece in the SE Aegean comprising the Southern Sporades S of Ikaria & Samos; belonged to Italy 1923–47 area 486 square miles (1264 square kilometers), population 162,439 — see rhodes

— Do·de·ca·ne·sian \(ˌ)dō-ˌde-kə-ˈnē-zhən, ˌdō-di-kə-, -shən\ adjective or noun