Boeotia

Boeotia
or Modern Greek Voiotía geographical name district E central Greece NW of Attica • Boeotian adjective or noun

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  • Boeotia — Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia (Greek: Βοιωτία English IPAEng|biːˈoʊʃiə), formerly Cadmeis, was a region of ancient Greece, north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It was bounded on the south by Megaris and the Kithairon mountain range that …   Wikipedia

  • Boeotia — n. 1. a district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • BOEOTIA — regio in finib. Graeciae, in longum ad Atticam se protendens, tria respicit maria, Peloponnesiacum, Siculum et Adriaticum, ab Attica Cithaerone monte discreata, ut nonnulli volunt, a bove, cuius ductus Cadmus pervenit ad eum locum, ubi posted… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Boeotia — BOEOTIA, æ, ein Frauenzimmer, mit welchem Hyas die Pleiades soll gezeuget haben. Hyg. Astron. Poet. l. II. c. 21 …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • Boeotia — [bē ō′shə, bē ō′shē ə] 1. in ancient times, a region dominated by the city of Thebes (Greece): fl. from c. 600 B.C. until the destruction of Thebes in 336 B.C. 2. department of EC Greece, northwest of Attica …   English World dictionary

  • Boeotia — /bee oh sheuh/, n. a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Cap.: Thebes. * * * District and ancient republic, eastern central Greece. Bounded by Attica and the Gulf of Corinth, its chief cities were Orchomenus and Thebes. Inhabited by… …   Universalium

  • Boeotia —    Region of central Greece (q.v.) northwest of Athens (q.v.). It borders the Gulf of Corinth (q.v.) on its southwest, and the Strait of Europos on its east northeast. Its metropolis was Thebes (qq.v.). The history of Byzantine Boeotia is closely …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • Boeotia — Sp Bojòtija Ap Βοιώτια/Boiotia sen. graikų kalba Ap Boeotia lotyniškai Ap Βοιωτία/Boiotia graikiškai L Graikijos ist. sr. ir nomas …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

  • Boeotia Prefecture — Infobox Pref GR name = Boeotia name local = Νομός Βοιωτίας periph = Central Greece capital = Livadeia population = 130,768 population as of = 2005 pop rank = 27th pop dens = 44.3 popdens rank = 37th area = 2,952 area rank = 16th postal code = 32x …   Wikipedia

  • Boeotia — Béotie Nome de Béotie Νομός Βοιωτίας Statistiques …   Wikipédia en Français

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