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Œnotria

Œnotria proper noun: ancient territory in southern Italy.

Proper noun

Œnotria

  1. Ancient territory in southern Italy.
    • From this grove the nations of Italy, and all the land of Œnotria, look for responses when in perplexity.1892, The Art of Poetry, page 255

Forms of Œnotria

alternative formOenotria
alternative formEnotria

Origin of Œnotria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνωτρία (Oinōtría).

Questions about Œnotria

What does Œnotria mean?
Œnotria means ancient territory in southern Italy.
What part of speech is Œnotria?
Œnotria is a proper noun.

Words near Œnotria in the dictionary

  1. œnomel
  2. œnophile
  3. œnophiles
  4. œnophorum
  5. Œnophyta
  6. Œnotria
  7. Œnotrus
  8. Œnoë
  9. œsophagal
  10. œsophageal
  11. œsophagean

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