Dodecanese
geographical name
Do·de·ca·nese dō-ˈde-kə-ˌnēz 
-ˌnēs;
ˌdō-di-kə-ˈnēz,
-ˈnēs
islands of Greece in the southeastern Aegean Sea comprising the Southern Sporades south of Ikaria and Samos; belonged to Italy 1923–47 area 486 square miles (1264 square kilometers), population 162,439 see rhodes sense 1
Dodecanesian
(ˌ)dō-ˌde-kə-ˈnē-zhən
adjective or noun ˌdō-di-kə-
-shən