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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Laconia
- A region in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
- A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.
- A town in Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
Translations
region in the southern Peloponnese
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Laconia f
- Laconia
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the Ancient Greek expression "Λακωνική (Lakōnikḗ), sc. γῆ f (gê)" (the land of the Lacons), from Λάκων (Lákōn, “Laconian”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lacōnia f sg (genitive Lacōniae); first declension
- Laconia
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Laco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Laconia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Proper noun
Laconia f
- Obsolete spelling of Lacónia.