Colosseum

An external view of the Colosseum, 2007

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome.

Origin

  • From Late Latin, from colosseus; a mediaeval term for the classical Latin Amphitheatrum Flavium; see also coliseum.

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