palestra
or pa·laes·tra
[ puh-les-truh ]
/ pəˈlɛs trə /
noun, plural pa·les·tras, pa·les·trae [puh-les-tree] /pəˈlɛs tri/. Greek Antiquity.
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
Origin of palestra
1375–1425; late Middle English
palestre < Latin
palaestra a wrestling school, place of exercise < Greek
palaístra, equivalent to
palais-, variant stem of
palaíein to wrestle +
-tra feminine noun suffix of place
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British Dictionary definitions for palestra
palestra
/ (pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː-) /
noun plural -tras or -trae (-triː)
the usual US spelling of palaestra