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chalcidica

chalcidica is the plural of chalcidicum.

Meaning of chalcidicum

Noun

chalcidicum (plural chalcidica)

  1. (historical) In ancient Roman architecture, the vestibule or portico of a public building opening on to the forum.

Proper noun capitalized: Chalcidica

Chalcidica

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Chalkidiki.
    • In like manner Peridcas the King of Macedonia, not long before incens’d againſt the Athenians, prevail’d with them of Chalcidica to revolt, and leave the Cities upon the Sea Coaſt, and withdraw only into one called Olynthus.1700, The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, page 276
    • [...] and staying in Chalcidica, slew certain of the city of Sermyla by ambushment; [...]1824, Thucydides in English, page xxvi

Origin of chalcidica

Borrowed from Latin Chalcidica, from Ancient Greek Χαλκιδική (Khalkidikḗ).

Questions about chalcidica

What is chalcidica the plural of?
Chalcidica is the plural of chalcidicum.
What part of speech is chalcidica?
Chalcidica is a proper noun.

Words near chalcidica in the dictionary

  1. chalcid wasps
  2. Chalcidian
  3. Chalcidian helmet
  4. Chalcidians
  5. Chalcidic
  6. chalcidica
  7. Chalcidice
  8. chalcidicum
  9. chalcidid
  10. chalcidids
  11. chalcidoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chalcidica (page history and authors); Chalcidica (page history and authors); chalcidicum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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