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-drome

-drome suffix: forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

Suffix

-drome

  1. (literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

Origin of -drome

Derived from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).

Questions about -drome

What does -drome mean?
-drome means forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.
What part of speech is -drome?
-drome is a suffix.

Words near -drome in the dictionary

  1. -dom
  2. -doms
  3. -dopa
  4. -dralazine
  5. -drine
  6. -drome
  7. -dromic
  8. -dromous
  9. -dromy
  10. -dronate
  11. -dronic

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