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naumachy

naumachy noun: a place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.

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

Forms of naumachy

pluralnaumachies

Origin of naumachy

From Middle French naumachie and its source, Latin naumachia.

Questions about naumachy

What does naumachy mean?
Naumachy means a place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.
What part of speech is naumachy?
Naumachy is a noun.
What is the plural of naumachy?
The plural of naumachy is naumachies.

Words near naumachy in the dictionary

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

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