Laconia
[ luh-koh-nee-uh ]
/ ləˈkoʊ ni ə /
noun
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
a city in central New Hampshire.
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La·co·ni·an, adjective, nounWords nearby Laconia
lacking, Lackland Air Force Base, lackluster, lacklustre, Laclos, Laconia, Laconian, laconic, laconical, laconicum, laconism
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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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