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Magna Graecia

[ mag-nuh gree-shee-uh; Latin mahg-nah grahy-ki-ah ]

noun

  1. the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.


Magna Graecia

/ ˈmæɡnə ˈɡriːʃɪə /

noun

  1. (in the ancient world) S Italy, where numerous colonies were founded by Greek cities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Magna Graecia1

Latin: Great Greece
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Example Sentences

The provincial museum contains antiquities and especially coins from the ancient cities of Magna Graecia, and a few pictures.

They were not called upon to create a new taste, or to gratify a taste recently acquired in Sicily and the towns of Magna Graecia.

Anthropomorphism, immorality, childish folly—these are the charges which Xenophanes brings against the worship of Magna Graecia.

An Italian bought him for a brotherhood in Magna Graecia for ten minas.

He also carried on an expedition against Rhegium and its allied cities in Magna Graecia.

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