natatorium
Americannoun
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natatoriums,
plural
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natatoria
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of natatorium
1885–90; < Late Latin natātōrium swimming place, equivalent to Latin natā ( re ) to swim + -tōrium -tory 2
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The park closed in 1913, leaving just a saltwater natatorium that was eventually destroyed in a 1931 fire.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
By then, Angelenos of means were building their own swimming pools and Jacuzzis, and they no longer needed a civic natatorium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
Wisconsin’s boxers work out in a humid room lined with heavy bags—but without a boxing ring—in the school’s natatorium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2015
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — On the afternoon of Friday, March 11, the Takata High School swim team walked a half-mile to practice at the city’s nearly new natatorium, overlooking the broad sand beach of Hirota Bay.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2011
We barreled into the hallways behind the gym, through the locker rooms, and into the connected natatorium.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Subterranean natatoria: A peek at some of New York City’s private pools.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
I’d grown up swimming and had spent my share of weekends camped out in stifling, chlorinated natatoriums.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
Air quality inside natatoriums relies on water quality.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2012
From the start, Zegna has been an uncommonly paternalistic company, erecting schools, gymnasiums, natatoriums, hospitals and "green" zones around its mills.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2010
Their rivers are icy cold, their villages do not afford heated natatoriums.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Edison Marshall
Men who swim exceedingly well are not those who have taken courses in the theory of swimming at natatoriums from professors of the amphibian art—they were boys who just jumped in.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
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