La·ris·sa
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| a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece. 72,000. |
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Larissa
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| Lá·ri·sa
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A city of eastern Greece near the Aegean Sea. The chief city of ancient Thessaly, it was later part of the Byzantine Empire, Serbia, and Ottoman Turkey (until 1881). Population: 124,000. |
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| La·ris·sa
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n. The satellite of Neptune that is fifth in distance from the planet. [After Larissa, daughter of Pelasgos (a member of the ruling family in Argos in Ancient Greece).] |
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