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oppida

oppida is the plural of oppidum.

Meaning of oppidum

Noun

oppidum (plural oppida)

  1. A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.
    • ‘Mount Ceasar’ was a major oppidum of the Bellovaci tribe and almost certainly the tribal capital: its geographical relationship to the nearby Roman capital of Beauvais is typical of a post-conquest tribal resettlement.2013, Graham Robb, The Ancient Paths, Picador, published 2014, page 76

Questions about oppida

What is oppida the plural of?
Oppida is the plural of oppidum.

Words near oppida in the dictionary

  1. oppenheimerite
  2. Oppenheimers
  3. opperca
  4. oppertunity
  5. Oppianic
  6. oppida
  7. oppidan
  8. oppidans
  9. oppidum
  10. oppie
  11. oppies

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