Meanings
plural estadios
- historicalA 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.
Synonyms: Portuguese stade, Portuguese furlong, stade, furlong
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Origin
- Ancient Greekστάδιον“stadium for footraces, stadion”
- Latinstadium“stadium, Roman stade”
- Portugueseestádio
- Englishestadio
From Portuguese estádio, from Latin stadium (“stadium, Roman stade”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “stadium for footraces, stadion”). Doublet of stade, stadium, and stadion.
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