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stadium
noun stadiums, stadia
    1. A large sports arena in which the spectators' seats are arranged in rising tiers.
    (Brit)
    2. A football ground.
      Example: Pittodrie Stadium
Etymology: 19c in sense 1; 17c, meaning ‘a race course' originally one stadium in length, from Greek stadion ‘an ancient Greek measure of length of about 1/8th of a mile.



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