Samos (disambiguation)
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The term Samos may refer to:

In geography
  • Samos
    Samoš
    Samoš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,247 people .-See also:...

    , Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea
  • Samicum, an ancient city in Triphylia
    Elis
    Elis, or Eleia is an ancient district that corresponds with the modern Elis peripheral unit...

    , Greece.
  • Samos (theme)
    Samos (theme)
    The Theme of Samos was a Byzantine military-civilian province, located in the eastern Aegean Sea, established in the late 9th century. As one of the Byzantine Empire's three dedicated naval themes , it served chiefly to provide ships and troops for the Byzantine navy.-History:The dates of...

    , naval theme of the Byzantine Empire
  • Samos Prefecture
    Samos Prefecture
    Samos Prefecture was a prefecture in Greece, consisting of the islands of Samos, Ikaria and the smaller islands of Fournoi Korseon. In 2011 the prefecture was abolished and the territory is now covered by the peripheral units of Samos and Ikaria...

    , Greek prefecture made up of multiple islands
  • Samos Province
    Samos Province
    Samos Province was one of the two provinces of Samos Prefecture.-References:* http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Επαρχίες_της_Ελλάδας...

    , Greece
  • Samos (town)
    Samos (town)
    Samos is a town on Samos Island in Greece. It was also known as Kato Vathy .In 2001 it had a population of 6236.-References:...

  • Principality of Samos
    Principality of Samos
    The island of Samos had participated in the Greek War of Independence and had successfully resisted several Turkish and Egyptian attempts to occupy it, but it was not included with the boundaries of the newly independent Kingdom of Greece after 1832...

  • Samos International Airport
  • Vathy, Samos
    Vathy, Samos
    Vathy is a town and a former municipality on the island of Samos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Samos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital and main town of the island. The municipal unit comprises numerous towns,...

    , the capital of Samos Prefecture
  • Samos, Galicia, Spain
    Samos, Galicia, Spain
    Samos is a village in the municipality of Samos in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is home to an abbey, the Real Abadía de Samos, and the Benedictine monastery of San Xulián de Samos. Pilgrims on the Way of St. James to Compostela often pass through Samos to visit the abbey and...

    , a Spanish village
  • Samos, Lugo
    Samos, Lugo
    Samos is a municipality in the province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. It contains the village of Samos....

    , the municipality around the village of Samos, Spain
  • Samoš
    Samoš
    Samoš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,247 people .-See also:...

    , Serbian village


In fiction
  • Samos, a fictional character in the Jak and Daxter
    Jak and Daxter
    Jak and Daxter is a critically acclaimed video game franchise created by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2.The series consists of four main games and two spin-offs,though they are also considered to be part of the main series...

     game series
  • Samos, First Slaver of Port Kar, a fictional character in the Gor
    Gor
    Gor , the Counter-Earth, is the alternate-world setting for a series of 30 novels by John Norman that combine philosophy, erotica and science fiction...

     series of novels


Other uses
  • Samos (satellite)
    Samos (satellite)
    The Samos E or SAMOS program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United States in the early 1960s, also used as a cover for the intitial development of the KH-7 Gambit system...

    , an American surveillance satellite

See also

  • Same
    Same (Ancient Greece)
    Same is an Ancient Greek name of a Homeric and unidentified island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca and Cephalonia. In Homer's Iliad, book II, in the Catalogue of Ships, Same is described as part of Odysseus's kingdom...

     (A legendary island in the Ionian Sea
    Ionian Sea
    The Ionian Sea , is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and a large number of Greek islands, including Corfu, Zante, Kephalonia, Ithaka, and...

    , near Ithaca
    Homer's Ithaca
    The location of Homer's Ithaca, i.e. Ithaca as featured in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate.The central characters of the epic such as Odysseus, Achilles, Agamemnon and Hector are generally believed to be fictional characters. Yet there are many claims that some Homeric hero long ago had...

    )
  • Samus
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