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stoae

stoae is the plural of stoa.

Meaning of stoa

Noun

stoa (plural stoae or stoæ or stoai or stoas)

  1. In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
    • They could not vote, attend the theater, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
    Synonyms:
    porch

Questions about stoae

What is stoae the plural of?
Stoae is the plural of stoa.

Words near stoae in the dictionary

  1. stns
  2. stns.
  3. sto
  4. Sto:lo
  5. stoa
  6. stoae
  7. stoag
  8. stoagie
  9. stoagies
  10. stoai
  11. stoak

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