Larisa

British

/ ˈlarisa, ləˈrɪsə /

noun

a city in E Greece, in E Thessaly: fortified by Justinian; annexed to Greece in 1881. Pop: 130 000 (2005 est)

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Many relatives were unable to get into the courtroom in the central town of Larisa last week, and the situation was little different when it resumed on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

The passenger service from Athens to Thessaloniki was crowded with students returning to university after a holiday for Greek Orthodox Lent when the train collided with a goods train on the same track outside Larisa.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

Her 33 combined medals at the sport’s two biggest events are one more than what Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union achieved.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

First person: “We were getting used to the shelling, but I’ve never seen a situation like this,” said Larisa Kharchenko, a retired nurse in Kherson, which was occupied by Russian forces for months last year.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

Then Larisa saw a white spot caught in the crossing of the searchlight beams—a distant Po-2.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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