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observatoria

observatoria is the plural of observatorium.

Meaning of observatorium

Noun

observatorium (plural observatoria)

  1. (archaic or non-native speakers' English) An observatory.
    • The obſervatorium, built by Chriſtian VI. in ſuch a manner that a coach and horſes may aſcend to the top; here they keep the public library, and Tycho Brahe’s mathematical inſtruments, eſpecially his famous celeſtial globes, which are three yards thick in diameter.1756, [Thomas] Nugent, “[[[Germany.] Chap. III. Journey from Hamburg to Copenhagen, and from thence to Gottenburg in Sweden.] Remarkable places in this journey.] VIII. Copenhagen.”, in The Grand...

Questions about observatoria

What is observatoria the plural of?
Observatoria is the plural of observatorium.

Words near observatoria in the dictionary

  1. observationally stable
  2. observations
  3. observative
  4. observatives
  5. observator
  6. observatoria
  7. observatorial
  8. observatories
  9. observatorium
  10. observators
  11. observatory

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