stade
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A measure of length of about 185 meters
- noun
- /steɪd/
- Archaic
:
estadio
- With the distance converted, they realized that the journey spanned 10 stades, an impressive feat in ancient times.
Examples
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By the time they hit the enemy line, the right wing will be overlapped half a stade and have to be chased back into place by its own cavalry!
Fiction book (1999) -
The ancient Greek city-state measured its territory in stades, with one stade roughly equal to 185 meters.
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During the Olympic Games, competitors would race on a track measured in stades, highlighting the significance of this ancient unit of length.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stade comes from the Greek stadion, the name for the ancient race track and its length, and you can see the same root in stadium. So a stade is a unit of distance, about 185 metres.
