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tetrapylon

tetrapylon noun: a Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.

tetrapylon: a Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides
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Noun

tetrapylon (plural tetrapyla)

  1. A Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.

Forms of tetrapylon

pluraltetrapyla

Origin of tetrapylon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράπυλον (tetrápulon, literally “four gates”). By surface analysis, tetra- + pylon.

Questions about tetrapylon

What does tetrapylon mean?
Tetrapylon means a Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.
What part of speech is tetrapylon?
Tetrapylon is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrapylon?
The plural of tetrapylon is tetrapyla.

Words near tetrapylon in the dictionary

  1. tetraptote
  2. tetraptotes
  3. tetraptych
  4. tetraptychs
  5. tetrapyla
  6. tetrapylon
  7. tetrapyramidal
  8. tetrapyrenous
  9. tetrapyrole
  10. tetrapyrrole
  11. tetrapyrroles

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