Salamis
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Salamis may refer to
- Salamis IslandSalamis IslandSalamis , is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile off-coast from Piraeus and about 16 km west of Athens. The chief city, Salamina , lies in the west-facing core of the crescent on Salamis Bay, which opens into the Saronic Gulf...
in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, near Athens, Greece - Battle of SalamisBattle of SalamisThe Battle of Salamis was fought between an Alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in September 480 BCE, in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens...
, fought at Salamis Island in 480 B.C. - Salamis (butterfly)Salamis (butterfly)Salamis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. They are commonly known as Mother-of-Pearls and are found in Africa. The name Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god.-Taxonomy:Protogoniomorpha was viewed as part...
, a genus of butterfly in the family NymphalidaeNymphalidaeThe Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called... - Salamis (mythology)Salamis (mythology)Salamis was a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of the river god Asopus and Metope, daughter of the Ladon, another river god. She was carried away by Poseidon to the island which was named after her, whereupon she bore the god a son Cychreus who became king of the island....
, a nymph in Greek mythology - Salamis, CyprusSalamis, CyprusSalamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his...
, an ancient city on the east coast of Cyprus - Greek battleship SalamisGreek battleship SalamisSalamis was a dreadnought battleship ordered for the Greek Navy from the AG Vulcan shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1912. She was ordered in response to Ottoman naval expansion begun in 1911. The ship was to have been 569 feet 11 inches long, armed with eight guns, and have had a top...
a dreadnought ordered from Germany by Greece in 1912 but not delivered due to the outbreak of World War I
- Salamis-Class Cruiser, a warship in the fictional Gundam universe
- The English plural of salamiSalamiSalami is cured sausage, fermented and air-dried meat, originating from one of a variety of animals. Historically, salami has been popular among Southern European peasants because it can be stored at room temperature for periods of up to 10 years, supplementing a possibly meager or inconsistent...