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PALESTRA (palestrae)

Dictionary entry overview: What does palestra mean?

• PALESTRA (noun)
The noun PALESTRA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: PALESTRA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PALESTRA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

palaestra; palestra

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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