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PALESTRA
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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)