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ISTHMIAN GAMES

Dictionary entry overview: What does Isthmian Games mean?

• ISTHMIAN GAMES (noun)
The noun ISTHMIAN GAMES has 1 sense:

1. the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad

Familiarity information: ISTHMIAN GAMES used as a noun is very rare.

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• ISTHMIAN GAMES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Isthmian Games" is a kind of...):

agon (a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes)

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