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oppidum

oppidum noun: a large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.

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

Forms of oppidum

pluraloppida

Origin of oppidum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin oppidum (“(chiefly walled or fortified) town”).

Questions about oppidum

What does oppidum mean?
Oppidum means a large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.
What part of speech is oppidum?
Oppidum is a noun.
What is the plural of oppidum?
The plural of oppidum is oppida.

Words near oppidum in the dictionary

  1. oppertunity
  2. Oppianic
  3. oppida
  4. oppidan
  5. oppidans
  6. oppidum
  7. oppie
  8. oppies
  9. oppignerate
  10. oppignerated
  11. oppignerates

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