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anta

1 American  
[an-tuh] / ˈæn tə /

noun

Architecture.

plural

antae, antas

  1. a rectangular pier or pilaster formed by thickening the end of a masonry wall, and in a classical temple marking one boundary of the portico.

ANTA 2 American  
[an-tuh] / ˈæn tə /

noun

  1. a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.

anta British  
/ ˈæntə /

noun

  1. architect a pilaster attached to the end of a side wall or sometimes to the side of a doorway

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Etymology

Origin of anta1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin antae (plural noun only) “pilasters, square pilasters”; in antis ( def. )

Origin of ANTA2

A(merican) N(ational) T(heatre and) A(cademy)

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