| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Aetolia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ae·to·li·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -t  l- , -tly |
| An ancient region of central Greece north of the Gulfs of Corinth and Calydon (Patras). Aetolia was briefly significant in Greek history after the formation in 290 b.c. of the Aetolian League, a military confederation that was defeated by the Achaeans later in the third century. | | OTHER FORMS: | Ae·toli·an —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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