Laconia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Lacōnia, from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈkəʊ.ni.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈkoʊ.ni.ə/ Rhymes: -əʊniə === Proper noun === Laconia A historical region of Ancient Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years. A regional unit of Peloponnese, Greece. 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. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin Lacōnia, from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laˈkɔ.nja/ Rhymes: -ɔnja === Proper noun === Laconia f Laconia (a historical region of Ancient Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years) Laconia (a regional unit of Peloponnese, Greece) ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈkoː.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈkɔː.ni.a] === Proper noun === Lacōnia f sg (genitive Lacōniae); first declension Laconia (a historical region of Ancient Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years) Laconia (a regional unit of Peloponnese, Greece) ==== Synonyms ==== Lăcōnĭca ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Laconia French: Laconie Italian: Laconia === References === “Laco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lăcōnĭa”, 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