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Locris

American  
[loh-kris] / ˈloʊ krɪs /

noun

  1. either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.


Locris British  
/ ˈləʊkrɪs, ˈlɒk- /

noun

  1. an ancient region of central Greece

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Other Word Forms

  • Locrian noun

Example Sentences

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Those silver pieces were minted in ancient Thrace, Opuntian Locris, Euboea and Thebes; the coins bear images of Herakles, Demeter, the nymph Euboea and Dionysus, among other things.

From New York Times

Mind you, the story is also told of Zaleucus of Locris and Diocles of Syracuse, so unless two of them were exceptionally forgetful, there might be some dissembling going on here, even hypocrisy.

From BBC

Mind you, the story is also told of Zaleucus of Locris and Diocles of Syracuse, so, unless two of them were exceptionally forgetful, there might be some dissembling going on here, even hypocrisy.

From BBC

Country between Epirus and Locris, 275.

From Project Gutenberg

Province in Greece, bounded by Doris, Locris, and the Gulf of Corinth, 336.

From Project Gutenberg