Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Naxos

NAXOS, or NAXIA, an island of the Grecian Archipelago, the largest of the Cyclades; length 18 miles; breadth, 12 miles; area, 164 square miles; pop. about 15,000. It is hilly, but extremely productive. The chief products are fruits, wine, oil, cotton, silk, cheese, honey, and wax. Chief town is Naxia (or Naxos).

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