Acarnania

American  

[ak-er-nay-nee-uh, -nayn-yuh] / ˌæk ərˈneɪ ni ə, -ˈneɪn jə /

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

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Acarnania

The Turks have retreated from Acarnania without a battle, after a few fruitless attempts on Anatoliko.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

TELEBOÆ, a people of Æolia or Acarnania in Greece, who removed to Italy, and settled in the isle of Capreæ.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus

The federation of Acarnania is of peculiar interest as being formed by scattered villages or tribes, without settled, still less fortified, habitation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The whole of Acarnania, being situated between Aetolia and Epirus, faces towards the west and the Sicilian sea.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Titus Livius

The principal object which detained the Karteria in the gulf had been to assist the movements of General Church, who now resolved to cross over to Acarnania from Cape Papas.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

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