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Laconia
[ luh-koh-nee-uh ]
noun
- an ancient country in the S part of Greece. : Sparta.
- a city in central New Hampshire.
Laconia
/ ləˈkəʊnɪə /
noun
- an ancient country of S Greece, in the SE Peloponnese, of which Sparta was the capital: corresponds to the present-day department of Lakonia
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- La·co·ni·an adjective noun
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Example Sentences
It is said Laconia was divided into six districts, with six capital cities, each ruled by a king.
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Cape Malea is the most southerly point of Laconia in the Peloponnesus, renowned for its storms.
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So she came back to Laconia which was a manufacturing town with iron mines at its elbow.
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There had been stolid, slow-witted girls among the operatives in Laconia in the grammar school, but they really desired to learn.
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At Laconia she had made some friends, but she was too proud to aspire to the higher ranks or accept overtures from them.
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