MARATHON


Meaning of MARATHON in English

/mar"euh thon'/ , n.

1. a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 B.C.

2. an ancient village that is near this plain.

3. Class. Myth. a son of Epopeus and the father of Corinthus.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .