Elea

American  

[ee-lee-uh] / ˈi li ə /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.

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Elea British  

/ ˈiːlɪə /

noun

1. (in ancient Italy) a Greek colony on the Tyrrhenian coast of Lucana

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Example Sentences

“There’s been a lot of work, a lot of meetings that went into it, and when we finally pulled it off, we had no idea how it would go,” said Columbia graduate student Elea Sun.

From Seattle Times

For the infinite had already begun to gnaw at the roots of Western thought, thanks to Zeno of Elea, a philosopher reckoned by his contemporaries to be the most annoying man in the West.

From Literature

Around 435 BC, he conspired to overthrow the tyrant of Elea, Nearchus.

From Literature

Lucie Zellner, 23 — who organizes Stormy Shot, along with her sister, Elea, 21 — said that the group often practices between 9 and 17 hours per week.

From New York Times

"I went everywhere looking for them, I even went to the hospital morgue, they showed me bodies of dead children," she said as she cuddled her four-year-old daughter Elea.

From BBC