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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OTHER WORDS FROM Laconia

La·co·ni·an, adjective, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for laconia

Yes, she had run out that way at Laconia—how long ago it seemed.
The Girls at Mount Morris|Amanda Minnie Douglas
You can go to Laconia, get yourself a car from the garage, and motor to the Bungalow.
Wanted: A Husband|Samuel Hopkins Adams
At Laconia, she had known several pretty school girls but they had golden hair and 262lovely blue eyes.
The Girls at Mount Morris|Amanda Minnie Douglas
The destruction of the Cunard liner Laconia, without warning, followed.
The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII)|Various

Cithaeron and Taygetus were mountains, the one in Boeotia and the other in Laconia.
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers|Various

British Dictionary definitions for laconia

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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