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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIPPODROME

From Latin hippodromos, from Greek hippos horse + dromos a race.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HIPPODROME

hippodrome  [ˈhɪpəˌdrəʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIPPODROME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hippodrome is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIPPODROME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hippodrome

Hippodrome

The hippodrome was a stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The name is derived from the Greek words "hippos and "dromos". The term is used in the French language and some others; hence, some present-day horse racing tracks are also called hippodromes, for example the Central Moscow Hippodrome. The Greek hippodrome was similar to the Roman Circus, except that in the latter only four chariots ran at a time, whereas ten or more contended in the Greek games, so that the width was far greater, being about 400 ft., the course being 600 to 700 ft. long. The hippodrome was not a "Roman amphitheatre" which was used for spectator sports, games and displays, or a Greek or Roman semi-circular theater used for theatrical performances. The Greek hippodrome was usually set out on the slope of a hill, and the ground taken from one side served to form the embankment on the other side. One end of the hippodrome was semicircular, and the other end square with an extensive portico, in front of which, at a lower level, were the stalls for the horses and chariots. At both ends of the hippodrome there were posts that the chariots turned around.

Definition of hippodrome in the English dictionary

The definition of hippodrome in the dictionary is a music hall, variety theatre, or circus. Other definition of hippodrome is an open-air course for horse and chariot races.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIPPODROME


acrodrome
ˈækrəˌdrəʊm
aerodrome
ˈɛərəˌdrəʊm
airdrome
ˈɛəˌdrəʊm
aquadrome
ˈækwəˌdrəʊm
autodrome
ˈɔːtəʊdrəʊm
chrome
krəʊm
cosmodrome
ˈkɒzməˌdrəʊm
hadrome
ˈhɑːdrəʊm
helidrome
ˈhɛlɪˌdrəʊm
Jerome
dʒəˈrəʊm
loxodrome
ˈlɒksəˌdrəʊm
monochrome
ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm
palindrome
ˈpælɪnˌdrəʊm
peridrome
ˈpɛrɪˌdrəʊm
prodrome
ˈprəʊdrəʊm
rollerdrome
ˈrəʊləˌdrəʊm
Rome
rəʊm
seadrome
ˈsiːˌdrəʊm
syndrome
ˈsɪndrəʊm
velodrome
ˈviːləˌdrəʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIPPODROME

hippocampus
hippocentaur
hippocras
Hippocrates
Hippocratic
Hippocratic facies
Hippocratic oath
Hippocratical
Hippocrene
Hippocrenian
hippocrepian
hippodromic
hippogriff
hippogryph
hippologist
hippology
Hippolyta
Hippolyte
Hippolytus
hippomanes

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIPPODROME

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acute respiratory distress syndrome
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carpal tunnel syndrome
chronic fatigue syndrome
cytochrome
Down´s syndrome
fragile-X syndrome
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
irritable bowel syndrome
Marfan syndrome
metabolic syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Reye´s syndrome
shaken baby syndrome
Stockholm syndrome
sudden infant death syndrome
Tourette syndrome
Tourette´s syndrome
toxic shock syndrome
Williams syndrome

Synonyms and antonyms of hippodrome in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hippodrome» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIPPODROME

Find out the translation of hippodrome to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hippodrome from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hippodrome» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竞技场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipódromo
570 millions of speakers

English

hippodrome
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घुड़दौड़ का मैदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميدان سباق الخيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ипподром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipódromo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মল্লভূমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hippodrome
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hippodrome
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hippodrom
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

競馬場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경기장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hippodrome
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nơi đua ngựa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hippodrome
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉपीोड्रोम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hipodrom
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ippodromo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hipodrom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іподром
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hipodrom
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιππόδρομος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

renbaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hippodrome
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hippodrome
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hippodrome

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPODROME»

The term «hippodrome» is very widely used and occupies the 20.670 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPODROME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hippodrome

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIPPODROME»

Discover the use of hippodrome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hippodrome and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hippodrome of Constantinople: And Its Still Existing ...
TO THE READER. I commit this little work upon the Hippodrome to both the learned and the unlearned in the Antiquities of Constantinople.
Edwin A. Grosvenor, 2013
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The Hippodrome
Cyrus Colter's The Hippodrome is an examination of power and exploitation and their entanglement with sexuality. The central character, Yeager, has murdered his wife and her white lover. Fleeing the police, he is both offered refuge and held  ...
Cyrus Colter, 1994
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Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing
A gram- maticus Herodian in the late Roman period and St. Epiphanius85 report that the Lageion is the hippodrome of Alexandria and was named after a certain Lagos. From its name one can logically suppose that the hippodrome was ...
John H. Humphrey, 1986
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Athletics in Ancient Athens
Xenophon caused confusion by referring to cavalry reviews — td te ev ' AKaSnueiqi Kai xd ev AuKeicp kai td <J>aXr|poi Kai xd ev z& inno8p6utp.255 He soon goes on to discuss the hippodrome but does not mention Phaleron again. This had ...
Donald G. Kyle, 1993
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Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and ...
The presence of statues in the hippodrome is in no way remarkable. The hippodrome possessed, at least until the Latin conquest, an enormous collection of statues which were placed all around the stadium.88 Possibly a statue of two women ...
George P. Majeska, 1984
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The Hippodrome
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Rachel Hayward, 2008
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Inventing Times Square: Commerce and Culture at the ...
"Frederic Thompson Explains"; "Electricity at the New York Hippodrome," Electrical World 47 (May 5, 1906):916; "The Illumination of the New York 1 lippodrome," Illuminating Engineer 1 (April 1906):75; clipping of untitled article by Alan Dale ...
William R. Taylor, 1996
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Building Structures: From Concepts to Design
9.3. Zarzuela. Hippodrome. The engineered structures of the 19th century were predominately of cast and wrought iron, and towards the end of the century, of steel. The first use of reinforcing concrete with metal is usually attributed to ...
Malcolm Millais, 2005
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Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict
The hippodrome, however, did not lag behind in popularity among the urban crowd. For as Dio Chrysostom said, the Alexandrians are "a folk to whom you need only throw plenty of bread and a ticket to the hippodrome, since they have no ...
Christopher Haas, 2006
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An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927
(N) Saphron ia Heady (spouse of Linus H.)—h 915 S. 10th Dorothy Heath— County Poor Farm Patrick F. Heavey (Bell)—house manager, Hippodrome Theater—h 425 S. 7th St., Apt. 4 The Hippodrome, at the corner of 8th and Ohio, was Terre ...
Tom Roznowski, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIPPODROME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hippodrome is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Oklahoma! At Bristol Hippodrome | Bristol Post
If you look along the shelves in a Supermarket you will find items marked as Classic recipes. most of them fail to live up to that description ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
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Jesus Christ Superstar resurrected at The Bristol Hippodrome
Jesus Christ Superstar resurrected at The Bristol Hippodrome. By N_Banyard | Posted: July 15, 2015. JCS 2015 UK Tour (2) - credit Pamela Raith Photography. «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
3
Win tickets to see Ben & Holly at Bristol Hippodrome - Theatre …
With the school holidays almost upon us, the Times and the Bristol Hippodrome have joined forces to offer our youngest readers a great prize ... «North Somerset Times, Jul 15»
4
Budget cutbacks for Hippodrome Theatre
GAINESVILLE, Fla-- Governor Rick Scott signed the state's budget-- and it's causing problems for a popular landmark in north central Florida. «WCJB, Jul 15»
5
Review: Sing-a-long Frozen, Bristol Hippodrome
There is no questioning the brilliance of Disney's film Frozen – loved by generations of children and parents worldwide, so a sing-a-long ... «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Theatre Review: Barnum @ Birmingham Hippodrome
P T Barnum was one of the biggest celebrities of the 1800s, and showman to his roots. Building on his 80-year-old wrinkles, he claimed that he ... «The National Student, Jul 15»
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Review: Barnum at Birmingham Hippodrome will amaze and amuse
... wife Chairy and a cast of talented singers and dancers who can also do circus tricks. Come follow the band at the Hippodrome until August 1. «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
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Warwick Davis set to star in Christmas panto at Bristol Hippodrome
FIRST Family Entertainment and The Bristol Hippodrome have announced that film and television star Warwick Davis, Cbeebies presenter Andy Day and panto ... «Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Jul 15»
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Bristol Hippodrome theatre interview: Emilie du Leslay from Oklahoma
A brand new version of Rodger and Hammerstein's classic feel good musical Oklahoma will visit Bristol Hippodrome next week as part of a UK ... «Guide2Bristol.com, Jul 15»
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BWW Reviews: SIBLING REVELRY, Hippodrome Casino, July 7 2015
... cast recording was incredibly special. A cabaret and vocal masterclass is on offer at the Hippodrome Casino this week - please, don't miss it. «Broadway World, Jul 15»

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