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palestra

American  
[puh-les-truh] / pəˈlɛs trə /
Or palaestra

noun

Greek Antiquity.

plural

palestras, palestrae

  1. a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.

palestra British  
/ pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː- /

noun

  1. the usual US spelling of palaestra

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Etymology

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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