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naumachy

American

[naw-muh-kee] / ˈnɔ mə ki /

noun

naumachia.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

naumachies

plural

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It looks as if it had been constructed in the water for the purpose of some royal naumachy.

From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by Baines, William Peter

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