a region of ancient Greece, northwest of Athens. It consisted of ten city-states, which formed the Boeotian League, led by Thebes: at its height in the 4th century bc
Modern Greek name: Voiotia
Boeotia in American English
(biˈoʊʃə; biˈoʊʃiə)
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in ancient times, a region dominated by the city of Thebes (Greece): fl. from c. 600 b.c. until the destruction of Thebes in 336 b.c.