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triga

triga noun: a three-horse chariot used by the Ancient Romans.

Noun

triga (plural trigas or trigae)

  1. (historical) A three-horse chariot used by the Ancient Romans.

Proper noun capitalized: TRIGA

TRIGA

  1. TRIGA: Acronym of training, research, isotopes, General Atomics (“a type of nuclear reactor originally made by General Atomics”).

Forms of triga

pluraltrigas
pluraltrigae

Origin of triga

From Latin triga, a contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).

Questions about triga

What does triga mean?
Triga means a three-horse chariot used by the Ancient Romans.
What part of speech is triga?
Triga can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of triga?
The plural of triga is trigas.

Words near triga in the dictionary

  1. trig pillar
  2. trig pillars
  3. trig point
  4. trig points
  5. trig.
  6. triga
  7. trigae
  8. trigalactose
  9. trigalactosylated
  10. trigallium
  11. trigamies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: triga (page history and authors); TRIGA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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