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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An Ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes connected at the base and often of different lengths, played similarly to an oboe. historical
2. 2
   A peristyle round the great court of the palaestra. historical
3. 3
   A kind of Ancient Greek footrace. historical

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίαυλος (díaulos) (equivalent to di- + aulos).

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