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593:Kesendire
543:suffragan
482:Therambos
387:Chaniotis
341:Macedonia
321:Κασσάνδρα
313:Kassandra
242:Time zone
86:Kassandra
40:Κασσάνδρα
37:Kassandra
1491:Paliouri
1455:Kryopigi
1438:Kalandra
1297:Lagkadas
1253:Visaltia
1233:Irakleia
1223:Amfipoli
1199:Katerini
1079:Sithonia
855:Archived
809:i. 100,
643:Chanioti
629:and the
605:Skopelos
601:Skiathos
597:Ottomans
578:Venetian
574:de facto
506:Potidaea
490:Neapolis
463:Gigantes
395:Paliouri
369:Kalandra
1468:Pallini
1248:Sintiki
1160:Almopia
1141:Paionia
1099:Imathia
1036:Capital
1001:of the
935:Sources
893:(ed.).
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667:twinned
613:Euboeia
589:Turkish
539:kastron
498:Eretria
494:Aphytis
453:Phlegra
441:Παλλήνη
433:Pallene
419:Pallene
413:History
379:Pallini
149:Country
1434:Fourka
1430:Afytos
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1327:Thermi
1243:Serres
1215:Serres
1186:Pieria
1175:Skydra
1165:Edessa
1136:Kilkis
1128:Kilkis
1112:Naousa
1005:Region
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817:1408;
811:Isthm.
805:Pind.
685:Serbia
617:Greece
562:Thrace
510:Strabo
478:Scione
458:Φλέγρα
365:Afytos
345:Greece
285:631 00
228:10,526
212:16,861
153:Greece
1337:Volvi
1282:Delta
1170:Pella
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1117:Veria
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1361:2019
1357:2014
1031:2011
1014:Area
901:ISBN
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611:and
527:Huns
486:Aege
470:Sane
272:EEST
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