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English
Etymology
From Latin Sparta , from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ ( Spártā ) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη ( Spártē ) ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta
An ancient city-state in southern Greece , noted for its strict military training.
Synonym: Lacedaemon
A municipality in Laconia , Peloponnese region, modern Greece .
A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County , Ontario , Canada .
A number of places in the United States :
A town, the county seat of Hancock County , Georgia .
A city in Randolph County , Illinois .
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Dearborn County , Indiana .
A minor city in Gallatin County and Owen County , Kentucky .
An unincorporated community in Bienville Parish , Louisiana .
A township and village therein, in Kent County , Michigan .
An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County , Mississippi .
A city in Christian County , Missouri .
An unincorporated community in Buchanan County , Missouri .
An unincorporated community in Knox County , Nebraska .
A township in Sussex County , New Jersey .
A town in Livingston County , New York .
A town, the county seat of Alleghany County , North Carolina .
A village in South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County , Ohio .
A city, the county seat of White County , Tennessee .
A city, the county seat of Monroe County , Wisconsin .
A town in Monroe County , Wisconsin , adjacent to the city.
Derived terms
Translations
ancient city-state in southern Greece
See also
Further reading
Category:Sparta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
“Sparta ”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers
“Sparta ”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976 ), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites , Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
“Sparta ”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857 ), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , volume 1 & 2 , London: Walton and Maberly
Anagrams
Czech
Proper noun
Sparta f (related adjective spartský , demonym Sparťan )
Sparta ( ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training )
Declension
Declension of Sparta (sg-only hard feminine )
Further reading
“Sparta ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“Sparta ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Via German and Latin Sparta from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη ( Spártē ) ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta
Sparta ( a city in Southern Greece, a leading city state in Classical Greece )
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σπάρτα ( Spárta ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta
Sparta ( ancient city-state in southern Greece )
Declension
Derived terms
German
Etymology
From Latin Sparta (Sparte ), or Ancient Greek Σπάρτα ( Spárta ) (Σπάρτη ( Spártē ) ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta n (proper noun , strong , genitive Spartas )
Sparta
Derived terms
See also
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτα ( Spárta ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta f (proper noun , genitive singular Spörtu )
Sparta
Declension
Declension of Sparta (sg-only feminine )
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη ( Spártē ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta f sg (genitive Spartae ) ; first declension
Sparta
Synonym: Lacedaemōn
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
Further reading
“Sparta ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sparta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
“Sparta ”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers
“Sparta ”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976 ), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites , Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
“Sparta ”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857 ), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , volume 1 & 2 , London: Walton and Maberly
Manx
Proper noun
Yn Sparta f
Sparta
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Sparta .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sparta f (related adjective spartański )
Sparta (an ancient city-state and archaeological site in modern Greece )
Synonym: Lacedemon
Sparta (a city in Laconia , Peloponnese , Greece )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Sparta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sparta in PWN's encyclopedia
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /spâːrta/
Hyphenation: Spar‧ta
Proper noun
Spȃrta f (Cyrillic spelling Спа̑рта )
Sparta
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Sparta , from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη ( Spártē ) .
Proper noun
Sparta n (genitive Spartas )
Sparta
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