Acarnania

See also: acarnânia and Acarnânia

English

Alternative forms

• Akarnania

Proper noun

Acarnania

1. A region in west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia.

Derived terms

• Acarnanian
• Aetolia-Acarnania

 

Translations

region of Greece

• Catalan: Acarnània f
• Esperanto: Akarnanio
• French: Acarnanie (fr) f
• German: Akarnanien (de) n
• Greek: Ακαρνανία (el) f (Akarnanía)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνανία f (Akarnanía)

• Japanese: アカルナニア
• Latin: Acarnānia f
• Polish: Akarnania f
• Portuguese: Acarnânia f
• Spanish: Acarnania f

Further reading

• Acarnania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκαρνανία (Akarnanía).

Pronunciation

• Acarnānia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.karˈnaː.ni.a/, [äkärˈnäːniä]
• Acarnānia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.karˈna.ni.a/, [äkärˈnäːniä]
• Acarnāniā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.karˈnaː.ni.aː/, [äkärˈnäːniäː]
• Acarnāniā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.karˈna.ni.a/, [äkärˈnäːniä]

Proper noun

Acarnānia f sg (genitive Acarnāniae); first declension

1. Acarnania (an ancient province in modern Greece, reckoned the most westerly province of Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Acarnānia
genitive	Acarnāniae
dative	Acarnāniae
accusative	Acarnāniam
ablative	Acarnāniā
vocative	Acarnānia

Related terms

• Acarnān
• Acarnānicus

Proper noun

Acarnāniā f

1. ablative of Acarnānia

References

• “Acarnania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Acarnania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Acarnania”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly