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Laconia

See also: Lacónia and Lacônia

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).

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Laconia

  1. A region in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
  2. A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.
  3. A town in Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
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Laconia f

  1. Laconia
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Latin

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Etymology

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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”).

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Lacōnia f sg (genitive Lacōniae); first declension

  1. Laconia

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lacōnia
Genitive Lacōniae
Dative Lacōniae
Accusative Lacōniam
Ablative Lacōniā
Vocative Lacōnia
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References

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  • “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

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Laconia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Lacónia.
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