Associations to the word «Laconia»

Wiktionary

LACONIA, proper noun. A region (formerly Lacedemonia or Lacaedaemonia) in the southern Peloponnese which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
LACONIA, proper noun. A town in Indiana
LACONIA, proper noun. A city in New Hampshire
LACONIA, proper noun. An unincorporated community in Tennessee

Dictionary definition

LACONIA, noun. An ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats