PALESTRA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: palestrae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes

Synonyms:

palaestra; palestra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("palestra" is a kind of...):

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)

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