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NEMEAN GAMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nemean Games mean?
• NEMEAN GAMES (noun)
The noun NEMEAN GAMES has 1 sense:
1. the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad
Familiarity information: NEMEAN GAMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Nemean Games" is a kind of...):
agon (a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes)
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