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Naos

//ˈneɪ.ɒs// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Zeta Puppis, a star in the constellation of Puppis.
Noun
  1. 1
    The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; (by extension) the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to. historical

    "The simplest form of the rectangular temple was that in which the two side walls were carried out from the naos to form the porch at one or both extremities of the building."

  2. 2
    plural of nao form-of, plural

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναός (naós, “inner part of the temple”).

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