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Palaestra

//pəˈliːstɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium. historical

    "Athenian culture flourished in externalities, the open air of the agora and the nudity of the palestra."

  2. 2
    a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes wordnet
  3. 3
    An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.

Etymology

From Middle French palestre, from Old French, from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, “wrestling school”).

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