maura

Proper noun

An English, Scottish and Irish female given name, commonly regarded as a form of Mary (anglicised from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri).
A female given name of Italian derivation, the feminine of Mauro.

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Zaimis - who had gone for a holiday to Santa Maura - elected a committee of six to govern the island in the name of the king of Greece.
By the peace signed on the 24th of December 1502, however, the status quo was practically restored, the sultan contenting himself with receiving Santa Maura in exchange for Cephalonia.
FREDERICK TEMPLE (1821-1902), English divine, archbishop of Canterbury, was born in Santa Maura, one of the Ionian Islands, being the son of Major Octavius Temple, who was subsequently appointed lieutenant-governor of Sierra Leone.
Ddrpfeld has suggested that the Homeric Ithaca is not the island which was called Ithaca by the later Greeks, but must be identified with Leucas (Santa Maura, q.v.).
Draught was formed from Fort Santa Maura to the town, but the 16 ft.

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