Acarnania

American  

[ak-er-ney-nee-uh, -neyn-yuh] / ˌæk ərˈneɪ ni ə, -ˈneɪn yə /

noun

1. a coastal region of the western central part of ancient Greece: now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania in modern Greece.

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Other Word Forms

• Acarnanian adjective

Example Sentences

Nor many, I should guess, in Acarnania.

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Are the songs of Acarnania all sad?

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The name of Troy has been heard, perchance, even in Acarnania?

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Thessaly, Phocis, Elis, Argos and Laconia, huge tracts stood depopulated and many notable cities had sunk into ruins; Aetolia, Acarnania and Epirus never recovered from the effects of former wars and from the withdrawal of their surviving inhabitants into Nicopolis.

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While Achaean influence spread out to the more southerly Ionian islands, Corinth carried her dialect with her colonies to the coast of Acarnania, Leucas and Corcyra.

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