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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALAESTRA

PALAESTRA Pa *læs "tra, n.

 

Defn: See Palestra.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

palaestra

pa laes tra |pəˈlestrə pəˈlɛstrə |(also palestra ) ▶noun (in ancient Greece and Rome ) a wrestling school or gymnasium. ORIGIN via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein ‘wrestle. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

palaestra

palaestra |pəˈliːstrə, -ˈlʌɪstrə |(also palestra ) ▶noun (in ancient Greece and Rome ) a wrestling school or gymnasium. ORIGIN via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein ‘wrestle ’.