Heptanesia

Heptanesia

Heptanesia (Greek for "cluster of seven islands") can mean:

*Ionian Islands, a group of seven larger and some lessor islands in Greece
*Seven islands of Bombay (Mumbai) in India. Heptanesia is the earliest documented name for the islands, mentioned by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in his geographic works.


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