ACARNANIA

Meaning of ACARNANIA in English

— Acarnanian , adj. , n.

/ak'euhr nay"nee euh, -nayn"yeuh/ , n.

a coastal region of the W central part of ancient Greece: now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania in modern Greece. Modern Greek, Akarnanía .

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ACARNANIA — geographical name region W Greece on Ionian Sea , ~n adjective or noun
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ACARNANIA — District, ancient Greece, bounded by the Ionian Sea, the Ambracian Gulf, and the Achelous River . First settled in the …
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ACARNANIA — geographical name region W Greece on Ionian Sea • Ac·ar·na·nian -nē-ən, -nyən adjective or noun
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ACARNANIA — district of ancient Greece bounded by the Ionian Sea, the Ambracian Gulf, Mount Thyamus, and the Achelous River. Corinth founded …
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ACARNANIA — District, ancient Greece, bounded by the Ionian Sea, the Ambracian Gulf, and the Achelous River . First settled in the …
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ACARNANIA — Pronunciation: ˌ a-k ə r- ' n ā -n ē - ə , - ' n ā -ny ə Function: …
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AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA — Modern Greek Aitola Kai Akarnana, noms (department) in west central Greece, with an area of 2,103 sq mi (5,447 sq …
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AETOLIA — geographical name region W central Greece N of Gulf of Patras & E of Acarnania , ~n adjective or noun
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ACTIUM — geographical name promontory & ancient town W Greece in NW Acarnania
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ACARNANIAN — adjective or noun see: Acarnania
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NICOPOLIS ACTIA — Ancient city, northwestern Greece. Its ruins lie about 4 mi (6 km) north of Préveza. It was founded in 31 …
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EPIRUS — Ancient country, northwestern Greece. It was bounded by Illyria , Macedonia , Thessaly , Aetolia , Acarnania , and the …
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AETOLIA — District north of the Gulf of Corinth, ancient Greece. Aetolia figures prominently in early legend. By 367 BC it had …
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ACTIUM, BATTLE OF — (31 BC) Naval battle off Acarnania , Greece, between Octavian (later Augustus ) and Mark Antony . With 500 ships …
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AKARNANÍA — /ah kahrdd'nah nee"ah/ , n. Modern Greek name of Acarnania .
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AETOLIA — — Aetolian , adj. , n. /ee toh"lee euh/ , n. an ancient district in W Greece, now part of …
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ACARNANIAN — see Acarnania
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AETOLIA — geographical name region W central Greece N of Gulf of Patras & E of Acarnania • Ae·to·lian -lē-ən, -yən adjective …
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ACTIUM — geographical name promontory & ancient town W Greece in NW Acarnania
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ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION — the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 …
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VLACH — also called Romanian, or Ruman member of a European people constituting the major element in the populations of Romania and …
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TIMOTHEUS — died 354 BC, Chalcis [now in Greece] Greek statesman and general who sought to revive Athenian imperial ambitions by making …
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PYRRHUS — born 319 BC died 272, Argos, Argolis king of Hellenistic Epirus whose costly military successes against Macedonia and Rome gave …
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PHORMION — died c. 428 BC brilliant Athenian admiral who won several engagements before and during the Peloponnesian War. Phormion was one …
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NICOPOLIS ACTIA — Modern Greek Nikpolis, formerly Palaioprveza, city about 4 miles (6 km) north of Prveza, northwestern Greece. It was founded in …
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MESOLNGION — also called Missolonghi town and capital of the noms (department) of Aetolia and Acarnania, Greece. It lies along the Patraks …
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EPIRUS — Modern Greek piros, coastal region of northwestern Greece and southern Albania. It extends from Valona Bay (Gji i Vlors) in …
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BOEOTIAN LEAGUE — league that first developed as an alliance of sovereign states in Boeotia, a district in east-central Greece, about 550 BC, …
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AGRINION — chief town of the noms (department) of Aetolia and Acarnania, west-central Greece. It lies 4 miles (6 km) northwest of …
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AGESILAUS II — born c. 444 BC died 360, Cyrene, Cyrenaica [now in Libya] king of Sparta from 399 to 360 who commanded …
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AETOLIA — also spelled Aitolia, district of ancient Greece, located directly north of the Gulf of Corinth and bounded by Epirus (north), …
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ACTIUM, BATTLE OF — (Sept. 2, 31 BC), naval battle off a promontory in the north of Acarnania, on the western coast of Greece, …
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