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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palestra /pəˈlɛstrə/

▶noun variant spelling of palaestra.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palaestra /pəˈliːstrə, -ˈlʌɪstrə/ (also palestra)

▶noun (in ancient Greece and Rome) a wrestling school or gymnasium.

– origin via L. from Gk palaistra, from palaiein ‘wrestle’.

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