Zante

(Elizabeth Moutzan-Martinengo, [1826] 1956) 35As a daughter of one of the leading Septinsular families in Zante (Zakynthos), Moutzan-Martinengo was not subjected to long hours of hard physical labour as were rural women, but she did have to endure endless hours of physical, spiritual, and intellectual confinement.

Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

Though deeply remorseful, the 21-year-old says he was driven partly by rage over the behaviour of Britons visiting the island they call Zante but which Greeks know as Zakynthos.

The Guardian World News Helena Smith 2011

The island of Zakynthos, also known as Zante, is linked to several British cities by direct charter flights.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

The inhabitants are tall in ftature, ot a very verriorrefidlng in the fortrefs; There are about 50 vlfiagcs, but no other large town than Zante, which is feated on the E fide of the illand, and has a good har - bour.

The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland 1797

The 27 we came from thence, and that day arriued at Zante which is also in Grecia: for at this present wee entred the parts of Grecia.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

The 27 we came from thence, and that day arriued at Zante which is also in Grecia: for at this present wee entred the parts of Grecia.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584

Robert Sebbage, the British teenager stabbed to death on the Greek island of Zante, pictured with David Beckham in 2007.

I share grief for stabbed Briton, says suspect's mother 2011

But initial reports that he had tried to escape from Zante in a speedboat were wrong.

I share grief for stabbed Briton, says suspect's mother 2011

The mother of the young Greek accused of murdering a British holidaymaker on the Ionian island of Zante Zakynthos said she was driven by only one desire – to comfort the murdered teenager's mother.

I share grief for stabbed Briton, says suspect's mother 2011

When dried, they produce something confusingly called Zante currants.

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