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pinacotheca

pinacotheca noun: an art gallery, especially one exhibiting pictures.

pinacotheca: an art gallery, especially one exhibiting pictures
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Noun

pinacotheca (plural pinacothecas)

  1. (rare) An art gallery, especially one exhibiting pictures.

Forms of pinacotheca

pluralpinacothecas
alternative formpinacothek
alternative formpinacotheke
alternative formpinakothek

Origin of pinacotheca

From Latin pinacotheca, from Ancient Greek πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē).

Questions about pinacotheca

What does pinacotheca mean?
Pinacotheca means an art gallery, especially one exhibiting pictures.
What part of speech is pinacotheca?
Pinacotheca is a noun.
What is the plural of pinacotheca?
The plural of pinacotheca is pinacothecas.

Words near pinacotheca in the dictionary

  1. pinacols
  2. pinacolyl
  3. pinacolyls
  4. pinacone
  5. pinacones
  6. pinacotheca
  7. pinacothecas
  8. pinacothek
  9. pinacotheke
  10. pinacothekes
  11. pinacotheks

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