Acarnania

[ak-er-ney-nee-uh, -neyn-yuh]

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noun

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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Acarnanian adjective

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From Acarnania, banished for the slaying of a man.

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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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Nor many, I should guess, in Acarnania.

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In the Morea the Slavs established themselves principally in Arcadia and the region of Taygetus, extending their settlements into Achaia, Elis, Laconia and the promontory of Taenaron; on the mainland they occupied portions of Acarnania, Aetolia, Doris and Phocis.

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