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

• Aetolian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Aetolia

Both of them offered to come, with their whole force, into Aetolia.

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

From Patrae, he coasted along the shores of Aetolia and Acarnania, as far as Corcyra, and thence he passed over to Hydruntum, in Italy.

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

In the north-west, Greek included many rude dialects little known even to the ancient Greeks themselves, and it extended northwards beyond Aetolia and Ambracia to southern Epirus and Thesprotia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

On the coins of Arcadia, Aetolia, Crete and Sicily, are to be seen varied and beautiful representations of her head as conceived by the Greek artists in the best times.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various