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odeion

odeion is the alternative form of odeon.

Meaning of odeon

Noun

odeon (plural odea or odeons)

  1. An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
    • The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon. Unlike theatres and amphitheatres, odea were not built in all of the larger Roman towns, although they became more common in the second century ad.1986, John H. Humphrey, Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 3
  2. A theatre or concert hall.

See all 4 meanings of odeon

Forms of odeion

pluralodeia
pluralodeions

Origin of odeion

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon).

Questions about odeion

What is odeion the alternative form of?
Odeion is the alternative form of odeon.

Words near odeion in the dictionary

  1. odedi
  2. odee
  3. Odegard
  4. Odegards
  5. odeia
  6. odeion
  7. odeions
  8. odel
  9. odelay
  10. Odele
  11. odelet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odeion (page history and authors); odeon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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