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Meaning of hippodrome in English
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪpəˌdroʊm/
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Noun
hippodrome
Etymology
mid 16th century (in hippodrome (sense 2)): from French, via Latin from Greek hippodromos, from hippos‘horse’ + dromos‘race, course’. The early sense led to the term's use as a grandiose name for a modern circus, later applied to other places of popular entertainment (hippodrome (sense 1), late 19th century)
Definitions
1.
a stadium for horse shows or horse races