Associations to the word «Sparta»

Wiktionary

SPARTA, proper noun. An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

Dictionary definition

SPARTA, noun. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne