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Larissa or Lárisa , city (1991 pop. 113,090), capital of Larissa prefecture, E Greece, in Thessaly on the Piniós River. It is an agricultural trade center and a transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of Vólos and with Thessaloníki and Athens. The chief city of ancient Thessaly, it was annexed (4th cent. BC) by Philip II of Macedon and in 196 BC became an ally of Rome. It was taken from the Byzantine Empire by Bulgaria and later was held by Serbia, with which it passed (15th cent.) under the rule of the Ottoman Turks. In the Greek War of Independence the city was (1821) the headquarters of Ali Pasha. Turkey ceded the city to Greece in 1881.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Larissa (Neptune VII) A satellite of Neptune, measuring 208 × 178 km; visual albedo 0.06.

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Larissa The fifth-closest satellite of Neptune, distance 73 548 km, orbital period 0.555 days; also known as Neptune VII. Its size is 208 × 178 km. Larissa was discovered in 1989 on images taken by Voyager 2.

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