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Word: Palaestra
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein ‘wrestle’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pəˈliːstrə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pəˈlʌɪstrə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a wrestling school or gymnasium.
Short Definition:(in ancient Greece and Rome) wrestling school or gymnasium
Variant Forms:
- palestra
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