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naumachia

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aaachimnuStarts with NEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream, Worse than an Hus'if's when she thinks her cream Made a Naumachia for mice and rats.
  • Our clerical guide did not fail us, but took us to see some ancient architectural remains, water tanks, a naumachia and other ruins of a similar sort.

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