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(dôr'ĭs, dōr'-, dŏr'-) pronunciation

An ancient region of central Greece. It was the traditional homeland of the Dorians.

 

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Doris, small mountainous district, central Greece, inland between the Gulf of Corinth and the Malian Gulf. It was the traditional homeland of the Dorians, who may, in fact, have paused there during their invasion of Greece. Sparta gave Doris military aid during the 5th cent. B.C.


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Meaning #1: (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids


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