Sparta

From Latin Sparta, from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spắrtē)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑː(ɹ)tə/

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Sparta

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

   Synonym: Lacedaemon

2. A municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese region, modern Greece.
3. A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town, the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia.
   2. A city in Randolph County, Illinois.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Dearborn County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Gallatin County and Owen County, Kentucky.
   5. An unincorporated community in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
   6. A township and village therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
   7. An unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
   8. A city in Christian County, Missouri.
   9. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Missouri.
   10. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska.
   11. A township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
   12. A town in Livingston County, New York.
   13. A town, the county seat of Alleghany County, North Carolina.
   14. A village in South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio.
   15. A city, the county seat of White County, Tennessee.
   16. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   17. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

• Spartan
• spartan

• Laconia
• Trojan War
• Spartathlon

• Category:Sparta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Sparta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Sparta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Sparta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

• sarpat, aspart, satrap, raps at, Pratas, Patras

Sparta f (relational adjective spartský, demonym Sparťan)

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training)

• “Sparta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Sparta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Via German and Latin Sparta from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ɑːtˢa]

Sparta

1. Sparta (a city in Southern Greece, a leading city state in Classical Greece)

• spartaner
• spartansk

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑrtɑ/, [ˈs̠pɑ̝rt̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Spar‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): Spar‧ta

Sparta

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece)

• spartalainen
• spartalaisuus

From Latin Sparta (Sparte), or Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta) (Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpaʁta], [ˈʃpaɐ̯ta]

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Sparta n (proper noun, strong, genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

• Spartaner
• spartanisch

• Lakedämon
• Lakonien

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Sparta f (proper noun, genitive singular Spörtu)

1. Sparta

• Spartverji

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspar.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspar.t̪a]

Sparta f sg (genitive Spartae); first declension

1. Sparta

   Synonym: Lacedaemōn

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Spartānus

• Spartiāticus
• Spartiacus
• Sparticus
• Spartiātēs

• “Sparta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sparta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sparta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Sparta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Sparta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Learned borrowing from Latin Sparta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/

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• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: Spar‧ta
• Homophone: sparta

Sparta f (related adjective spartański)

2. Sparta (an ancient city-state and archaeological site in modern Greece)

   Synonym: Lacedemon

4. Sparta (a city in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece)

• Sparta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Sparta in PWN's encyclopedia

• IPA^(key): /spâːrta/
• Hyphenation: Spar‧ta

Spȃrta f (Cyrillic spelling Спа̑рта)

1. Sparta

Borrowed from Latin Sparta, from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Sparta n (genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

• spartan
• spartansk
• spartiat

• Sparta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)