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Laconia
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La·co·ni·a  (l-kn-)
An ancient region of southern Greece in the southeast Peloponnesus. It was dominated by Sparta until the rise of the second Achaean League in the third and second centuries b.c.
Laconia [ləˈkəʊnɪə]
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(Historical Terms) (Placename) an ancient country of S Greece, in the SE Peloponnese, of which Sparta was the capital: corresponds to the present-day department of Lakonia
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Noun1.Laconia - an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern PeloponnesusLaconia - an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
Laconian - a resident of Laconia
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With "laconic elan"--terseness of the physically-inclined Laconians (Spartans) (Thompson, 1995:759)--and vivacity, dash or explosiveness of a kin with the French root elancer which means to launch (Thompson, 1995:434), the swimmer answers in double irony: "Landmine" (Livingstone, 1991:21).
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Simonides was talking about those who had fallen in battle, victims of the powerful Lakedaimonians, also called Laconians, or Spartans, who had prevailed in the struggle for Peloponnesian supremacy, and had imposed their harsh rule on the vanquished.
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