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Skyros
Skyros (Modern Greek: Σκύρος, pronounced), in some historical contexts LatinizedScyros (Ancient Greek: Σκῦρος, Attic Greek pronunciation:), is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes; later, it was consecutively known as Pelasgia, Dolopia, and finally Skyros. At 209 km (81 sq mi), it is the largest island of the Sporades, and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021.