Concordia

[ kon-kawr-dee-uh ]

noun

1. the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Concordia¹

From Latin; concord

Example Sentences

Concordia Station, a French-Italian research institute near the South Pole, recorded temperatures 30° to 40°C above the average, peaking at -9.4°C or 15°F. This was several degrees warmer than the previous all-time high at that station.

From Salon

A new paper led by a Concordia researcher examines how social isolation, loneliness and frailty affect one another and the bidirectional relationship they exert as an individual gets older.

From Science Daily

Such is the topic of a new paper in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma by a team of researchers led by Concordia's Walter Marcantoni.

From Science Daily

Then in late June, police in Chiapas discovered the bullet-riddled bodies of 19 men in and around an abandoned dump truck on a dirt road in the township of La Concordia.

From Los Angeles Times

“I have faith that very soon all this region is going to be pacified and brotherhood and concord will return,” he said during a recent visit to La Concordia to inaugurate a new bridge.

From Los Angeles Times