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Læcedemonia
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Old English
Etymology
From ang la Lacedaemon, from ang grc Λακεδαίμων.
Pronunciation
Læcedemonia
Proper noun
Lacedaemon, Sparta
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
ang Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd. Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.
ang Cities in Greece