English Explanatory Dictionary

estadio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree.

Word forms

estadio estadios

Etymology

From Portuguese estádio, from Latin stadium (“stadium, Roman stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “stadium for footraces, stadion”). Doublet of stade, stadium, and stadion.

Synonyms

Portuguese stade Portuguese furlong stade furlong
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