Dervenakia
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Dervenakia (or Dervenaki for singular) are small hamlets in the prefecture of Corinthia, in northeastern Peloponnesus (southern Greece). The name is derived from the Turkish word derven, meaning mountain pass.
The place is famous for the Battle of Dervenakia, fought on 26–28 July 1822 during the Greek War of Independence, where 2,300 Greek irregulars under Theodoros Kolokotronis defeated the 30,000-strong army of Ottoman general Mahmud Dramali Pasha.
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