stadia
Pluralstadia
- 1Plural of stadium. This is a formal form: most people say stadiums.
The city built two new stadia for the championship.
Several stadia across the country hosted matches that weekend.
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- 2A marked measuring rod that surveyors look at through a telescope to find distances and heights.
Like a giant ruler that someone reads from far away by looking through a telescope.
The surveyor set up the stadia at the far end of the field.
She read the markings on the stadia through her telescope.
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- 3Marks etched on a rifle scope's lens that help a shooter judge how far away a target is.
Like measuring marks that tell you how far away something is by how big it looks.
He lined up the stadia on the target to guess the distance.
The hunter used the stadia in his scope to range the deer.
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- 4Plural of stadion. Use this form when talking about more than one stadion.
The ancient texts measured the journey in stadia.
Several stadia separated the two cities.
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- 5An old brass triangle with marks, used to judge a target's distance from the height of soldiers or horses.
Like holding up a ruler at arm's length to guess how far away something is.
The officer held up the stadia to estimate how far the riders were.
An old stadia helped the gunners guess the distance to enemy troops.
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stadia is a form of stadium
stadium, noun: A large place with seats where people watch sports games. Full entry
- Spelling
- stadium → stadia: irregular plural (no -s)
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Origins
This comes from the Italian word "stadia".
This comes from the Ancient Greek word "stadia", the plural of "stadion".
This comes from the Latin word "stadia", the plural of "stadium".