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monomachia

monomachia noun: a duel; single combat.

Noun

monomachia (plural monomachias)

  1. (obsolete) A duel; single combat.
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Forms of monomachia

pluralmonomachias
alternative formmonomachy

Origin of monomachia

From Latin monomachia, from Ancient Greek μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”).

Questions about monomachia

What does monomachia mean?
Monomachia means a duel; single combat.
What part of speech is monomachia?
Monomachia is a noun.
What is the plural of monomachia?
The plural of monomachia is monomachias.

Words near monomachia in the dictionary

  1. monology
  2. monolysocardiolipin
  3. monolysocardiolipins
  4. Monom
  5. MonoMAC
  6. monomachia
  7. monomachias
  8. monomachies
  9. monomachist
  10. monomachists
  11. monomachy

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