# Lelantine

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Designating the Lelantine Plain, a fertile plain on the Greek island of Euboea, between Chalcis and Eretria, and the Lelantine War said to have been fought over it.

## Etymology
Presumably named for the Lelantos (now Lilas, Λίλας (Lílas)) River that runs through it, though ancient scholiasts derived it from the name of an otherwise unknown king Lelantos.

## Source
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