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]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.karˈnaː.ni.a]
• Acarnāniā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.karˈnaː.ni.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.karˈnaː.ni.a]

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