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colosseum
/ˌkɑləˈsiəm/
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What does colosseum mean?
noun
- Alternative spelling of coliseum.
proper noun
- The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome.
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IPA pronunciation
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“Well, I HAVE seen the Colosseum by moonlight!”
They had something of the sort of pleasure in us, I suppose, that they might have had in a pretty toy, or a pocket model of the Colosseum.
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The picturesqueness of the chimney stacks and tumble-down walls of the burned-out quarters of the town, stretching out and concealing one another, reminded him of the Rhine and the Colosseum.
Where the huge velarium that Nero had stretched across the Colosseum at Rome, that Titan sail of purple on which was represented the starry sky, and Apollo driving a chariot drawn by white, gilt-reined steeds?