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PLATAEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plataea mean?
• PLATAEA (noun)
The noun PLATAEA has 2 senses:
1. a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
2. a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
Familiarity information: PLATAEA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Plataea" is a part of...):
Boeotia (a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Plataea; Plataea
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Boeotia (a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens)
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