A small island of the Grecian archipelago, at a short distance from the southwest point of Asia Minor. Paul passed it in his voyage to Jerusalem, Ac 21:1. It is now called Stanchio. It was celebrated for its fertility, for wine and silkworms, and for the manufacture of silk and cotton of a beautiful texture.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.