English Explanatory Dictionary

New Sparta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state of Venezuela.

Word forms

New Sparta

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Nueva Esparta, adopted in 1864 in honor of the inhabitants' heroism during the Venezuelan War of Independence, which was likened to that of the ancient Spartans. Doublet of Nueva Esparta.

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