Usually means: Training facility for ancient athletes.
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  1. palaestra: Merriam-Webster
  2. palaestra: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palaestra: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palaestra: Collins English Dictionary
  5. palaestra: Vocabulary.com
  6. Palaestra, palaestra: Wordnik
  7. palaestra: Wiktionary
  8. palaestra: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. palaestra: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Palaestra, palaestra: Dictionary.com
  11. palaestra: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Palaestra (mythology), Palaestra: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Palaestra: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. palaestra: Rhymezone
  15. Palaestra: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. palaestra: FreeDictionary.org
  17. palaestra: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. palaestra: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. palaestra: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (palaestra)

noun:  (historical) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.
noun:  An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.

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