Laconia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Laconia
- A region in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
- A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.
- A town in Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
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Translations[edit]
region in the southern Peloponnese
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Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Laconia f
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the Ancient Greek expression "Λακωνική (Lakōnikḗ), sc. γῆ f (gê)" (the land of the Lacons), from Λάκων (Lákōn, “Laconian”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈkoː.ni.a/, [ɫ̪äˈkoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈko.ni.a/, [läˈkɔːniä]
Proper noun[edit]
Lacōnia f sg (genitive Lacōniae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Lacōnia |
| Genitive | Lacōniae |
| Dative | Lacōniae |
| Accusative | Lacōniam |
| Ablative | Lacōniā |
| Vocative | Lacōnia |
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References[edit]
- “Laco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Laconia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Laconia f
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