ISTHMIAN GAMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Isthmian Games mean? 

• ISTHMIAN GAMES (noun)
  The noun ISTHMIAN GAMES has 1 sense:

1. the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad

  Familiarity information: ISTHMIAN GAMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISTHMIAN GAMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Isthmian Games" is a kind of...):

agon (a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes)