What does "stadion" mean?

A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.

What is a synonym for "stadion"?

Common synonyms include: stadium, furlong, stade.

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres. historical
"The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war."
2
Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).
"The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war. In such early ages, any goal chosen in the plain was sufficient, like the oak-trunk mentioned by Homer; but it could not have been long before the need was manifest of a sloping stand for the spectators and an enclosure for the contestants, and thus the hippodrome, the race-course, was developed similarly to the smaller stadion."

"The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war."

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stade, stadium, and estadio.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.