Coliseum Definition

käləsēəm
noun

Colosseum.

Webster's New World
A large building or stadium for sports events, exhibitions, etc.
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Noun

Singular:
coliseum
Plural:
coliseums

Origin of Coliseum

  • Medieval Latin Colisēum an amphitheater in Rome, Italy variant of Latin Colossēum from neuter of colossēus gigantic from colossus huge statue colossus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin, from Latin Colosseum, from neuter of colosseus (“gigantic”), from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaios), from κολοσσός (colossos, “giant statue”)

    From Wiktionary

Coliseum Sentence Examples

  • The roof of the old Coliseum is now dismantled and the sun shines in.

  • Win your battle against Hades in the Underworld section of Olympus Coliseum.

  • In the fork of the North and South Platte are the Wild Cat Mountains with contours rising to 53 00 ft., in which Wild Cat Mountain, long reported as the highest point in the state, attains 5038 ft., Hogback Mountain 5082 ft., and various other hills - Gabe Rock (5006), Big Horn Mountain (4718), Coliseum Rock (5050), Scotts Bluff (4662) &c. - rise to heights of 45 00 to 5000 ft.

  • For me was reserved the high honor of discovering among the rubbish of the ruined Coliseum the only playbill of that establishment now extant.

  • In 106, the Roman Emperor Trajan celebrated his defeat over the Dacians by ordering 123 consecutive days of gladiatorial games in the Roman Coliseum.

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