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Lelantine

Lelantine adjective: designating the Lelantine Plain, a fertile plain on the Greek island of Euboea, between Chalcis and Eretria, and the Lelantine War said to have been fought over it.

Adjective

Lelantine (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Designating the Lelantine Plain, a fertile plain on the Greek island of Euboea, between Chalcis and Eretria, and the Lelantine War said to have been fought over it.

Origin of Lelantine

Presumably named for the Lelantos (now Lilas, Λίλας (Lílas)) River that runs through it, though ancient scholiasts derived it from the name of an otherwise unknown king Lelantos.

Questions about Lelantine

What does Lelantine mean?
Lelantine means designating the Lelantine Plain, a fertile plain on the Greek island of Euboea, between Chalcis and Eretria, and the Lelantine War said to have been fought over it.
What part of speech is Lelantine?
Lelantine is an adjective.

Words near Lelantine in the dictionary

  1. lel
  2. Lela
  3. Lelaina
  4. Leland
  5. Lelant
  6. Lelantine
  7. Lelas
  8. Lele
  9. Lelean
  10. Leleans
  11. Leleasca

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