Meanings
chalcidica1
- pluralplural of chalcidicum
Chalcidica2
- alternativeAlternative form of Chalkidiki.
[...] and his arrival at Pallene in Chalcidica.
2014, A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition, page 454 more examples
In like manner Peridcas the King of Macedonia, not long before incens’d againſt the Athenians, prevail’d with them of Chalcidica to revolt, and leave the Cities upon the Sea Coaſt, and withdraw only into one called Olynthus.
1700, The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, page 276[...] and staying in Chalcidica, slew certain of the city of Sermyla by ambushment; [...]
1824, Thucydides in English, page xxviWhen, again, they were driven out of Attica, they emigrated to Chalcidica, to Crete, Mysia, Lydia, and Troas, [...].
1887, J. H. A. Ebrard, translated by John Macpherson, Apologetics, page 237[...] in Chalcidica, which became the base of their operations in Macedonia.
1926, Asia Minor in Ruins, page 81
Origin
- Ancient GreekΧαλκιδική
- LatinChalcidica
- EnglishChalcidica
Borrowed from Latin Chalcidica, from Ancient Greek Χαλκιδική (Khalkidikḗ).
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