Laconia

[ luh-koh-nee-uh ]

noun
  1. an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.

  2. a city in central New Hampshire.

Other words from Laconia

  • La·co·ni·an, adjective, noun

Words Nearby Laconia

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How to use Laconia in a sentence

  • It is said Laconia was divided into six districts, with six capital cities, each ruled by a king.

  • Cape Malea is the most southerly point of Laconia in the Peloponnesus, renowned for its storms.

  • So she came back to Laconia which was a manufacturing town with iron mines at its elbow.

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  • There had been stolid, slow-witted girls among the operatives in Laconia in the grammar school, but they really desired to learn.

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  • At Laconia she had made some friends, but she was too proud to aspire to the higher ranks or accept overtures from them.

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British Dictionary definitions for Laconia

Laconia

/ (ləˈkəʊnɪə) /


noun
  1. an ancient country of S Greece, in the SE Peloponnese, of which Sparta was the capital: corresponds to the present-day department of Lakonia

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