PALESTRA (palestrae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: palestrae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does palestra mean? 

• PALESTRA (noun)
  The noun PALESTRA has 1 sense:

1. a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes

  Familiarity information: PALESTRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALESTRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

palaestra; palestra

Hypernyms ("palestra" is a kind of...):

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)