Bœotia

A form of Boeotia — A historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism. Capital: Livadeia.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Boeotia.

    Though every one felt the magnitude of the danger, it was still hoped that the enemy might be prevented from penetrating out of Phokis into Bœotia.

    1856, George Grote, History of Greece, page 239
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