Sparta

See also: sparta, spartą, and šparta

English

Etymology

From Doric Ancient Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spártē)).

Proper noun

Sparta

1. An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.
2. A town, the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia, United States.
3. A town, the county seat of Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.

Related terms

• Spartan
• spartan

Translations

ancient city-state in southern Greece

• Afrikaans: Sparta
• Alemannic German: Sparta
• Arabic: أَسْبَرْطَة‎ f (ʾasbarṭa)
• Armenian: Սպարտա (Sparta)
• Asturian: Esparta
• Basque: Esparta
• Belarusian: Спа́рта f (Spárta)
• Bengali: স্পার্টা (śparṭa)
• Breton: Sparta
• Bulgarian: Спа́рта f (Spárta)
• Catalan: Esparta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯巴達 (zh), 斯巴达 (zh) (Sībādá)

• Czech: Sparta (cs)
• Danish: Sparta
• Dhivehi: Sparta‎ (Sparta)
• Dutch: Sparta
• Esperanto: Sparto
• Estonian: Sparta
• Finnish: Sparta (fi)
• French: Sparte (fr) f

  Middle French: Sparte f

• Galician: Esparta
• Georgian: სპარტა (sṗarṭa)
• German: Sparta (de) n
• Greek: Σπάρτη (el) f (Spárti)

  Ancient: Σπάρτη f (Spártē)

• Hebrew: ספרטה‎
• Hindi: स्पार्टा (spārṭā)
• Hungarian: Spárta
• Icelandic: Sparta f
• Indonesian: Sparta

• Irish: Sparta
• Italian: Sparta (it)
• Japanese: スパルタ (Suparuta)
• Korean: 스파르타 (Seupareuta)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Sparta

• Latin: Sparta
• Latvian: Sparta
• Lithuanian: Sparta (lt)
• Low German: Sparta
• Luxembourgish: Sparta
• Macedonian: Спарта f (Sparta)
• Manx: Yn Sparta
• Marathi: स्पार्टा n (spārṭā)
• Norwegian: Sparta
• Persian: اسپارت‎ (fa) (Espârt)
• Polish: Sparta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Esparta (pt) f
• Romanian: Sparta
• Russian: Спа́рта (ru) f (Spárta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Спарта f

  Roman: Sparta (sh) f

• Sicilian: Sparta
• Slovak: Sparta (sk) f
• Slovene: Sparta f
• Spanish: Esparta (es) f
• Swedish: Sparta (sv)
• Thai: สปาร์ตา (sàbpaadtaa)
• Turkish: Sparta (tr)
• Ukrainian: Спа́рта f (Spárta)
• Urdu: سپارٹا‎ (spārṭā)
• Welsh: Sparta

See also

• Trojan War
• Spartathlon

Anagrams

• Patras, Pratas, raps at, satrap

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Czech

Proper noun

Sparta f

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training)

Derived terms

• Sparťan
• spartský

Further reading

• Sparta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Sparta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

Via German and Latin Sparta from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ɑːtˢa]

Proper noun

Sparta

1. Sparta (a city in Southern Greece, a leading city state in Classical Greece)

Derived terms

• spartaner
• spartansk

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Finnish

Proper noun

Sparta

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece)

Declension

Inflection of Sparta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Sparta	—
genitive		Spartan	—
partitive		Spartaa	—
illative		Spartaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sparta	—
accusative	nom.	Sparta	—
	gen.	Spartan
genitive		Spartan	—
partitive		Spartaa	—
inessive		Spartassa	—
elative		Spartasta	—
illative		Spartaan	—
adessive		Spartalla	—
ablative		Spartalta	—
allative		Spartalle	—
essive		Spartana	—
translative		Spartaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Spartatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Sparta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Spartani	Spartamme
2nd person	Spartasi	Spartanne
3rd person	Spartansa

Derived terms

• spartalainen
• spartalaisuus

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German

Etymology

From Latin Sparta (Sparte), or Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta) (Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Sparta n (genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

Derived terms

• Spartaner
• spartanisch

See also

• Lakedämon
• Lakonien

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Proper noun

Sparta f

1. Sparta

Declension

declension of Sparta

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sparta
accusative	Spörtu
dative	Spörtu
genitive	Spörtu

Derived terms

• Spartverji

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/, [ˈs̠pärt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/, [ˈspɑrt̪ɑ]

Proper noun

Sparta f sg (genitive Spartae); first declension

1. Sparta

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sparta
Genitive	Spartae
Dative	Spartae
Accusative	Spartam
Ablative	Spartā
Vocative	Sparta
Locative	Spartae

Derived terms

• Spartānus

Related terms

• Lacedaemōn
• Spartiāticus
• Spartiacus
• Sparticus
• Spartiātēs

References

• Sparta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• Sparta in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• Sparta in William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly, 1854, 1857

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Manx

Proper noun

Yn Sparta f

1. Sparta

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/

• audio

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Noun

Sparta f

1. Sparta

Declension

declension of Sparta

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparty
dative	Sparcie
accusative	Spartę
instrumental	Spartą
locative	Sparcie
vocative	Sparto

Derived terms

• spartański

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spâːrta/
• Hyphenation: Spar‧ta

Proper noun

Spȃrta f (Cyrillic spelling Спа̑рта)

1. Sparta

Declension

Declension of Sparta

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparte
dative	Sparti
accusative	Spartu
vocative	Sparto
locative	Sparti
instrumental	Spartom