Magna Graecia
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English
Proper noun
Magna Graecia
- (historical) The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers.
Translations
Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Magna Graecia.
Proper noun
Magna Graecia
- (historical) Magna Graecia (The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers)
Declension
| Inflection of Magna Graecia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Magna Graecia | — | ||
| genitive | Magna Graecian | — | ||
| partitive | Magna Graeciaa | — | ||
| illative | Magna Graeciaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Magna Graecia | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Magna Graecia | — | |
| gen. | Magna Graecian | |||
| genitive | Magna Graecian | — | ||
| partitive | Magna Graeciaa | — | ||
| inessive | Magna Graeciassa | — | ||
| elative | Magna Graeciasta | — | ||
| illative | Magna Graeciaan | — | ||
| adessive | Magna Graecialla | — | ||
| ablative | Magna Graecialta | — | ||
| allative | Magna Graecialle | — | ||
| essive | Magna Graeciana | — | ||
| translative | Magna Graeciaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Magna Graeciatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
Magna (“Great”) + Graecia (“Greece”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaɡ.na ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲa ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/,
Proper noun
Magna Graecia f sg (genitive Magnae Graeciae); first declension
- (historical) Magna Graecia (The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers)
Declension
First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Magna Graecia |
| Genitive | Magnae Graeciae |
| Dative | Magnae Graeciae |
| Accusative | Magnam Graeciam |
| Ablative | Magnā Graeciā |
| Vocative | Magna Graecia |
| Locative | Magnae Graeciae |
Descendants
- → Koine Greek: Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς (Megálē Hellás)
- Byzantine Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάς (Megálē Ellás)
- Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάδα (Megáli Elláda)