Negroponte may refer to:

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Chalkis Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...

, capital of Euboea, Greece *

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

, a Greek island of which Chalkis is the capital *

Lordship of Negroponte A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of econ ...

, crusader state established on the island after the Fourth Crusade

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Fra Antonio da Negroponte Fra Antonio da Negroponte was an Italian painter of the early-Renaissance period, active mainly in Padua and Venice. He painted in a Quattrocento style that resembles that of Bartolomeo Vivarini. Among his works are a ''Madonna and Child Enthrone ...

(16th century), Italian painter of the early-Renaissance period * Diana Villiers Negroponte (born 1947), American trade lawyer *

John Negroponte John Dimitri Negroponte (; born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat. He is currently a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Sha ...

(born 1939), diplomat and Deputy Secretary of State *

Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte ...

(born 1943), architect and founder of the MIT Media Lab

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Bailo of Negroponte The ''bailo'' and captain of Negroponte was the representative of the Republic of Venice stationed at Chalcis (Negroponte) on the island of Euboea. The ''bailo'' played an important role as the mediator between, and ''de facto'' overlord of, the t ...

, the representative of the Republic of Venice at Chalcis, Greece

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