English Explanatory Dictionary

naumachia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment.
  2. The location where such recreated sea battles took place; a building featuring an artificial body of water.

Word forms

naumachia naumachias naumachiae

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin naumachia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ναυμαχία (naumakhía). Compare naumachy.

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