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naumachy

[ naw-muh-kee ]

noun

, plural nau·ma·chies.

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The circus was so constructed that it could also be used as a naumachy.

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

Naumachy, naw′ma-ki, n. a sea-fight: a show representing a sea-fight.

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