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- proper noun A
city in north-centralGreece , the capital ofThessaly . - proper noun Greek mythology A
nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa. - proper noun A female
given name (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr). - proper noun A moon of
Neptune .
Etymologies
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Examples
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X. X.nophon leads the Retreat of the Ten Thousand, 2; passes by the runs of Calah and Nineveh, which he calls Larissa and
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Thessalian now called Larissa finds Lyta's deranged body and takes her into protective custody.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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I was on the verge of calling Larissa to ask what I was missing.
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008
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I was on the verge of calling Larissa to ask what I was missing.
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008
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I was on the verge of calling Larissa to ask what I was missing.
Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008
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Thessalian now called Larissa finds Lyta's deranged body and takes her into protective custody.
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There was a lady in there called Larissa, who is the great Stalin handwriting expert in the world.
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The city, situated at the foot of Mount Ida, not far from the River Lethe, was first called Larissa, afterwards Cremnia, then Gortys, and finally Gortyna.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Replying upon this proof of his popularity, Philip's partisans invited Philocles, and during the night he seized a hill which commanded the city; the stronghold was called Larissa ..
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When the ten thousand Greeks marched over this plain in their celebrated retreat, (404 B.C.) they found in one part, a ruined city called Larissa; and in connection with it, Xenophon, their leader and historian, describes what is now the pyramid of Nimroud.
Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Shearjashub Spooner 1834
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