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LIAKOURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liakoura mean? 

LIAKOURA (noun)
  The noun LIAKOURA has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetryplay

  Familiarity information: LIAKOURA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIAKOURA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Liakoura; Mount Parnassus; Parnassus

Context example:

Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus

Instance hypernyms:

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Holonyms ("Liakoura" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)


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