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Icaria. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Ikaria, also spelled Icaria (; Greek: Ικαρία [ikaˈri.a]), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. Administratively, Ikaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean administrative region.

According to tradition, it derives its name from Icarus, the son of Daedalus in Greek mythology, who was believed to have fallen into the sea nearby and to have been buried on the island.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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