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Cynosarges

Cynosarges proper noun: an ancient Greek temple of Heracles, public gymnasium, and surrounding grove located just outside the walls of ancient Athens.

Proper noun

Cynosarges

  1. (historical) An ancient Greek temple of Heracles, public gymnasium, and surrounding grove located just outside the walls of ancient Athens.

Origin of Cynosarges

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges).

Questions about Cynosarges

What does Cynosarges mean?
Cynosarges means an ancient Greek temple of Heracles, public gymnasium, and surrounding grove located just outside the walls of ancient Athens.
What part of speech is Cynosarges?
Cynosarges is a proper noun.

Words near Cynosarges in the dictionary

  1. cynophobes
  2. cynophobia
  3. cynophobias
  4. cynophobic
  5. cynorexia
  6. Cynosarges
  7. cynosural
  8. cynosure
  9. cynosures
  10. Cynthia
  11. Cynthian

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