"possession" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Preveza had been a Venetian possession until 1797, when it was occupied by the French.
- He also served as provveditore of various Venetian possessions.
- They boarded the 50 ships which had been made available to them and sailed to Crete (a Venetian possession), accompanied by several thousand civilians.
- In 1570 he set sail for Cyprus, then a Venetian possession, with a large invasion force on board his ships.
- The city became a Venetian possession in 1489.
- By those letters sultan sent orders to Gjon to attack Venetian possessions in Albania.
- He was at Tenedos, a Venetian possession, when it was attacked by the Genoese.
- They put Vardounia and their lands into Venetian possession, for which Epifani then acted as governor.
- Venetian possessions were greatly increased in Dalmatia too, although the attempt to regain Negropont in 1688 was a failure.
- As such, he served as provveditore of a number of Venetian possessions.
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