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estadio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
es-ta-dio
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree.

Etymology

From Portuguese estádio, from Latin stadium (“stadium, Roman stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “stadium for footraces, stadion”). Doublet of stade, stadium, and stadion.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

estadios (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

milha (3 estadios) legua (24 estadios) degree (432, 480, or 600 estadios)

Synonyms

Portuguese stade Portuguese furlong stade furlong

Questions

What does estadio mean?
A traditional Portuguese unit of distance, variously equivalent to about 185.2, 231.5, or 257.2 m depending on the number of leagues per equatorial degree.
Where does estadio come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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