Magna Graecia

English

Proper noun

Magna Graecia

2. (historical) The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers.

Translations

Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily

• Afrikaans: Magna Graecia
• Basque: Magna Graecia, Grezia Handia
• Breton: Magna Graecia, Hellaz Veur
• Bulgarian: Магна Греция (Magna Grecija)
• Catalan: Magna Grècia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大希腊 (dà xīlà)

• Chuvash: Аслă Греци (Aslă Gretsi)
• Czech: Magna Graecia
• Danish: Magna Graecia
• Dutch: Magna Graecia, Groot-Griekenland
• Esperanto: Granda Grekio
• Estonian: Suur-Kreeka
• Finnish: Magna Graecia, Suur-Kreikka
• French: Grande-Grèce (fr), Grande Grèce (fr)
• Galician: Magna Grecia
• Georgian: დიდი საბერძნეთი (didi saberʒneti)
• German: Magna Graecia
• Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάδα f (Megáli Elláda)
• Hebrew: יוון הגדולה
• Icelandic: Magna Graecia, Stór-Grikkland
• Indonesian: Yunani Besar
• Italian: Magna Grecia
• Japanese: マグナ・グラエキア (Maguna Guraekia)
• Korean: 마그나 그라이키아 (mageuna geuraikia)
• Latin: Magna Graecia
• Lithuanian: Didžioji Graikija
• Macedonian: Голема Грција (Golema Grcija)
• Neapolitan: Magna Grecia
• Norwegian: Magna Graecia
• Polish: Wielka Grecja
• Portuguese: Magna Grécia f
• Romanian: Magna Graecia
• Russian: Великая Греция (Velikaja Grecija)
• Scots: Magna Graecia
• Serbo-Croatian: Magna Graecia
• Sicilian: Magna Grecia
• Spanish: Magna Grecia
• Swedish: Magna Graecia
• Thai: แมกนากรีเชีย (Mæk nāk rī cheīy)
• Turkish: Magna Graecia, Büyük Yunanistan
• Ukrainian: Велика Греція (Velyka Hrecija)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Magna Graecia.

Proper noun

Magna Graecia

1. (historical) Magna Graecia (The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers)

Declension

Inflection of Magna Graecia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Magna Graecia	—
genitive		Magna Graecian	—
partitive		Magna Graeciaa	—
illative		Magna Graeciaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Magna Graecia	—
accusative	nom.	Magna Graecia	—
	gen.	Magna Graecian
genitive		Magna Graecian	—
partitive		Magna Graeciaa	—
inessive		Magna Graeciassa	—
elative		Magna Graeciasta	—
illative		Magna Graeciaan	—
adessive		Magna Graecialla	—
ablative		Magna Graecialta	—
allative		Magna Graecialle	—
essive		Magna Graeciana	—
translative		Magna Graeciaksi	—
abessive		Magna Graeciatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Magna Graecia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Magna Graeciani — accusative nom. Magna Graeciani — gen. Magna Graeciani genitive Magna Graeciani — partitive Magna Graeciaani — inessive Magna Graeciassani — elative Magna Graeciastani — illative Magna Graeciaani — adessive Magna Graeciallani — ablative Magna Graecialtani — allative Magna Graecialleni — essive Magna Graecianani — translative Magna Graeciakseni — abessive Magna Graeciattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Magna Graeciasi — accusative nom. Magna Graeciasi — gen. Magna Graeciasi genitive Magna Graeciasi — partitive Magna Graeciaasi — inessive Magna Graeciassasi — elative Magna Graeciastasi — illative Magna Graeciaasi — adessive Magna Graeciallasi — ablative Magna Graecialtasi — allative Magna Graeciallesi — essive Magna Graecianasi — translative Magna Graeciaksesi — abessive Magna Graeciattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Magna Graeciamme — accusative nom. Magna Graeciamme — gen. Magna Graeciamme genitive Magna Graeciamme — partitive Magna Graeciaamme — inessive Magna Graeciassamme — elative Magna Graeciastamme — illative Magna Graeciaamme — adessive Magna Graeciallamme — ablative Magna Graecialtamme — allative Magna Graeciallemme — essive Magna Graecianamme — translative Magna Graeciaksemme — abessive Magna Graeciattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Magna Graecianne — accusative nom. Magna Graecianne — gen. Magna Graecianne genitive Magna Graecianne — partitive Magna Graeciaanne — inessive Magna Graeciassanne — elative Magna Graeciastanne — illative Magna Graeciaanne — adessive Magna Graeciallanne — ablative Magna Graecialtanne — allative Magna Graeciallenne — essive Magna Graeciananne — translative Magna Graeciaksenne — abessive Magna Graeciattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Magna Graeciansa — accusative nom. Magna Graeciansa — gen. Magna Graeciansa genitive Magna Graeciansa — partitive Magna Graeciaansa — inessive Magna Graeciassaan Magna Graeciassansa — elative Magna Graeciastaan Magna Graeciastansa — illative Magna Graeciaansa — adessive Magna Graeciallaan Magna Graeciallansa — ablative Magna Graecialtaan Magna Graecialtansa — allative Magna Graecialleen Magna Graeciallensa — essive Magna Graecianaan Magna Graecianansa — translative Magna Graeciakseen Magna Graeciaksensa — abessive Magna Graeciattaan Magna Graeciattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Suur-Kreikka

Latin

Etymology

Magna (“Great”) +‎ Graecia (“Greece”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.na ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈmäŋnä ˈɡräe̯kiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲa ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈmäɲːä ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Magna Graecia f sg (genitive Magnae Graeciae); first declension

1. (historical) Magna Graecia (The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers)

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Magna Graecia
Genitive	Magnae Graeciae
Dative	Magnae Graeciae
Accusative	Magnam Graeciam
Ablative	Magnā Graeciā
Vocative	Magna Graecia
Locative	Magnae Graeciae

Descendants

• → Koine Greek: Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς (Megálē Hellás)
  • Byzantine Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάς (Megálē Ellás)
  • Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάδα (Megáli Elláda)