Aetolia

American  

[ee-toh-lee-uh] / iˈtoʊ li ə /

noun

1. an ancient district in western Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.

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Aetolia British  

/ iːˈtəʊlɪə /

noun

1. a mountainous region forming (with the region of Acarnania) a department of W central Greece, north of the Gulf of Patras: a powerful federal state in the 3rd century _bc . Chief city: Missolonghi. Pop (with Acarnania): 219 092 (2001). Area: 5461 sq km (2108 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Aetolian
  adjective

Example Sentences

For, of Aetolia itself, a large proportion, consisting of the Agraeans, Apodeotians, and Amphilochians, was no part of Greece.

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

The close of his career is assigned to Aetolia and Trachis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The Old-Dorian Hercules is represented in three cycles of myth, the Argive, the Boeotian and the Thessalian; the legends of Arcadia, Aetolia, Lydia, &c., and Italy are either local or symbolical and comparatively late.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

An occurrence which accidentally happened to him lessened the number of his enemies on the side of Aetolia.

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

This man, after finishing the business of his embassy, set out on his return to Aetolia; and on the twelfth day after he embarked, reached Phalara, on the Malian bay.

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