NAUMACHIA

Meaning of NAUMACHIA in English

[nau.ma.chia] n, pl -chi.ae or -chi.as [L, fr. Gk, naval battle, fr. naus ship + machesthai to fight--more at nave] (1596) 1: an ancient Roman spectacle representing a naval battle

2: a place for naumachiae

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

NAUMACHIA — nau·machia (-ía) n [Rom. Antiq.] naumachy
Interlingua English vocab
NAUMACHIA — noun (plural ~e or -chias) see: nave Date: 1596 an ancient Roman spectacle representing a naval battle, a place for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAUMACHIA — nȯˈmākēə noun ( plural naumachi·ae -kēˌē ; or naumachias ) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, naval battle, from naus ship + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAUMACHIA — /naw may"kee euh/ , n. , pl. naumachiae /-kee ee'/ , naumachias . 1. a mock sea fight, given as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAUMACHIA — noun ( plural nau·ma·chi·ae -kē-ˌē, -kē-ˌī ; or -chi·as ) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, naval battle, from naus ship + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAUMACHIA — ( (Latin, from Greek: naval battle), ) plural Naumachiae, in ancient Rome, a mimic sea battle and the specially constructed …
Britannica English vocabulary
NAUMACHIA — Навмахия
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NAUMACHIA — Pronunciation: no ̇ - ' m ā -k ē - ə , - ' ma- Function: noun Inflected Form: plural …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NAUMACHY — /naw"meuh kee/ , n. , pl. naumachies . naumachia.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAORMINA — Latin Tauromenium, town, Messina province, eastern Sicily, Italy, on a hill rising almost perpendicularly from the sea at the foot …
Britannica English vocabulary
MIMIC — v. 1 imitate, ape, copy, simulate, mirror, echo The image in the mirror mimicked every move I made 2 reproduce, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
НАВМАХИЯ — Naumachia
Русско-Американский Английский словарь

Merriam-Webster English vocab

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