Sphakia, a small port (pop. 600) on the south coast of Crete, 60 miles SE. of Canea. The name of Sphakiots is, however, given to all the highlanders in the mountains to the north, always distinguished for their bravery in anti-Turkish risings.
Sphakia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 628
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