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colosseum coliseum

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
colosseum/kɒlə-/

▶noun variant spelling of coliseum.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coliseum /ˌkɒlɪˈsiːəm/ (also colosseum)

▶noun [in names] a large theatre, cinema, or stadium.

– origin C19: from med. L., alt. of L. Colosseum (the name given to the vast amphitheatre of ancient Rome), neut. of colosseus ‘gigantic’.

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