cisterna

[ si-stur-nuh ]
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noun,plural cis·ter·nae [si-stur-nee]. /sɪˈstɜr ni/. Anatomy.

Origin of cisterna

1
<New Latin, Latin

Other words from cisterna

  • cis·ter·nal, adjective

Words Nearby cisterna

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How to use cisterna in a sentence

  • cisterna di Roma, a dozen kilometres further on, is a typical hill top town overlooking the Pontine Marshes below.

  • And you expect to keep your children alive if you send them to cisterna?

    Alone | Norman Douglas
  • In area aedis Studianae est cisterna, cujus lateritias cameras sustinent viginti tres columnae excelsae Corinthiae.'

    Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van Millingen
  • Long days of rowing on the lake of Albano, and boar-hunting at cisterna, made him strong and active.

British Dictionary definitions for cisterna

cisterna

/ (sɪˈstɜːnə) /


nounplural -nae (-niː)
  1. a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid

Origin of cisterna

1
New Latin, from Latin; see cistern

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