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tholoi

tholoi is the plural of tholos.

Meaning of tholos

Noun

tholos (plural tholoi)

  1. A dome, or domed building; a cupola.
    • On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille.1992, Donna Tartt, A Secret History
  2. A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.

Questions about tholoi

What is tholoi the plural of?
Tholoi is the plural of tholos.

Words near tholoi in the dictionary

  1. thollosidic acid
  2. Tholm
  3. tholobate
  4. tholobates
  5. Thologolong
  6. tholoi
  7. tholos
  8. tholsel
  9. tholsels
  10. tholtan
  11. tholtans

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