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palestra

palestra is the alternative spelling of palaestra.

Meaning of palaestra

Noun

palaestra (plural palaestras or palaestrae)

  1. (historical) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.
    • Athenian culture flourished in externalities, the open air of the agora and the nudity of the palestra.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
  2. An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.

Forms of palestra

pluralpalestras
pluralpalestrae

Words formed from palestra

Questions about palestra

What is palestra the alternative spelling of?
Palestra is the alternative spelling of palaestra.

Words near palestra in the dictionary

  1. Palestinology
  2. Palestinophile
  3. Palestinophiles
  4. Palestinophilia
  5. Palestinophilic
  6. palestra
  7. palestrae
  8. palestral
  9. palestras
  10. palestrian
  11. palestrians

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