Magna Graecia

[ mag-nuh gree-shee-uh; Latin mahg-nah grahy-ki-ah ]

noun

1. the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.

Magna Graecia

/ ˈmæɡnə ˈɡriːʃɪə /

noun

1. (in the ancient world) S Italy, where numerous colonies were founded by Greek cities

Word History and Origins

Origin of Magna Graecia¹

Latin: Great Greece

Example Sentences

The provincial museum contains antiquities and especially coins from the ancient cities of Magna Graecia, and a few pictures.

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They were not called upon to create a new taste, or to gratify a taste recently acquired in Sicily and the towns of Magna Graecia.

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Anthropomorphism, immorality, childish folly—these are the charges which Xenophanes brings against the worship of Magna Graecia.

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An Italian bought him for a brotherhood in Magna Graecia for ten minas.

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He also carried on an expedition against Rhegium and its allied cities in Magna Graecia.

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