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Sparta

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city-state of ancient Greece in the southeast Peloponnesus. Settled by Dorian Greeks, it was noted for its militarism and reached the height of its power in the sixth century BC. A protracted rivalry with Athens led to the Peloponnesian Wars (460–404) and Sparta's hegemony over all of Greece. Its ascendancy was broken by Thebans in 371.

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  • proper noun An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC

Etymologies

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From Doric Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spártā) (Attic Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. city
  2. metropolis
  3. urban center

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  3. commentsand
  4. doglike
  5. heart-wrenching
  6. lamblike
  7. long-deferred
  8. near-total
  9. non-ajax
  10. parties'
  11. saintlike
  12. serialization
  13. sickest
  14. softwrae
  15. solaris/opensolaris
  16. solarisexpress
  17. spac
  18. stock
  19. struc
  20. uninquiring
  21. unprotesting
  22. will-less
  23. wordle

relateds (2)

relateds

  1. Spartan
  2. spartan

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. Trojan War

rhymes (2)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Djakarta
  2. Jakarta

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