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naumachies

naumachies is the plural of naumachy.

Meaning of naumachy

Noun

naumachy (plural naumachies)

  1. (obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.
    • Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […]., II.2.4

Questions about naumachies

What is naumachies the plural of?
Naumachies is the plural of naumachy.

Words near naumachies in the dictionary

  1. Nault
  2. Naults
  3. naumachia
  4. naumachiae
  5. naumachias
  6. naumachies
  7. naumachy
  8. Nauman
  9. Naumann
  10. Naumann's thrush
  11. Naumann's thrushes

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