Colosseum

colosseum English right|thumb|An external view of the Colosseum, 2007 Etymology From en la-lat -, from en la colossēus colossal; a mediaeval term for the classical Latin Amphitheatrum Flavium; see also en coliseum. Pronunciation en /ˌkɒ.ləˈsiː.əm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Colosseum.wav Southern England Proper noun the Colosseum The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome. en 2002 Tracey Ann Schofield Rome 39 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YxoEtLUaVYMC&pg=PA39&dq=%22colosseum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qj77U6W4K4G68gWLk4DYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22colosseum%22&f=false The Colosseum (known at the time as the Flavian Amphitheater) in Rome was the empire's greatest amphitheater. A marvel of Roman engineering, the Colosseum could hold up to 70,000 spectators. en 2007 Luciano Mangiafico Italy's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Roman Ruins, Wonderful Wines, and Renaissance Rarities 36 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nVi_ZyJkhi8C&pg=PA36&dq=%22colosseum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qj77U6W4K4G68gWLk4DYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22colosseum%22&f=false The Colosseum’s elliptical shape is 617 feet long, 512 feet across, and 159 feet high. en 2009 Holly Hughes Frommer's 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Wd0znOQhqOwC&pg=PA168&dq=%22colosseum%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qj77U6W4K4G68gWLk4DYDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22colosseum%22&f=false unnumbered Perhaps no classical Roman ruin evokes the excesses of the late Empire like the Colosseum. Related terms en colossal en colosseum en colossus Translations ancient stadium in Rome Akan: ak Colosseo Albanian: sq Koloseumi m Amharic: am ኮሎሲየም m Arabic: ar كُولُوسِّيُوم Aragonese: an Coloseu m Armenian: hy Կոլիզեում Assamese: as ক'ল'ছিয়াম, as কলোছিয়াম Asturian: ast Coliséu m Azerbaijani: az Kolizey Bashkir: ba Колизей Basque: eu Koliseoa Belarusian: be Калізей m Bengali: bn কলোসিয়াম Bihari: bh कोलोसियम kolosiyam Breton: br C'holize m Bulgarian: bg Колизей m Burmese: my ကိုလော့စီယမ် Catalan: ca Colosseu m Chechen: ce Колизей Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 古羅馬圓形大劇場 gǔluómǎ yuánxíng dàjùchǎng, cmn 羅馬鬥獸場 luómǎ dòushòuchǎng Czech: cs Koloseum n Emilian: egl Colosseo m Esperanto: eo Koloseo Faroese: fo Kolosseum Finnish: fi Colosseum French: fr Colisée m, fr Colossée m archaic Middle French: frm Colossee m Frisian: Saterland Frisian: stq Kolosseum West Frisian: fy Kolosseum Galician: gl Coliseo m Georgian: ka კოლოსეუმი, ka კოლიზეუმი German: de Kolosseum n Greek: el Κολοσσαίο n Gujarati: gu કોલોસીયમ Hebrew: he קולוסיאום Hindi: hi कोलोसियम Hungarian: hu Colosseum Indonesian: id Koloseum Interlingua: ia Colosseo Irish: ga Colasaem m Italian: it Colosseo m Japanese: ja コロッセオ Korosseo Kabiye: kbp Koliisee Kazakh: kk Колизей Korean: ko ^콜로세움, ko ^콜롯세움, ko ^콜롯세오 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Coliseum, kmr Kolîseyûm Kyrgyz: ky Колизей Latin: la Colosseum n Latvian: lv Kolizejs m Ligurian: lij Colosseo m Lithuanian: lt Koliziejus m Luxembourgish: lb Kolosseum n Macedonian: mk Колосеум m Maithili: mai कोलोसियम kolosiyam Malay: ms Koloseum Malayalam: ml കൊളോസിയം Marathi: mr कलोसियम Mingrelian: xmf კოლოსეუმი Mongolian: mn Колизей Nepali: ne कोलोसियम Newar: new कोलोजियम, new कोलिसियम Occitan: oc Colisèu m Odia: or କୋଲୋଜିୟମ୍ Persian: fa کولوسئوم Piedmontese: pms Colossé m Polish: pl Koloseum n Portuguese: pt Coliseu m Punjabi: pa ਕਲੋਸੀਅਮ Russian: ru Колизе́й m Samogitian: sgs Kolėzėjos m Sanskrit: sa बृहत् रङ्गाङ्गणम् n bṛhat raṅgāṅgaṇam Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Колосѐум m Latin: sh Kolosèum m Sicilian: scn Culusseu m Slovak: sk Koloseum n Slovene: sl Kolosej m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Koloseum m Upper Sorbian: hsb Koloseum m Spanish: es Coliseo m Sundanese: su Koloseum Swedish: sv Kolosseum, sv Colosseum Tagalog: tl Koliseo, tl Koloseo Tamil: ta கொலோசியம் Tatar: tt Колизей Telugu: te కొలోస్సియం Thai: th โคลอสเซียม koh-lôt-siam, th โคลิเซียม koh-lí-siam Turkish: tr Kolezyum Ukrainian: uk Колізе́й m Uzbek: Cyrillic: uz Колизей Latin: uz Kolizey Veps: vep Kolizei Waray-Waray: war Coliseo Yiddish: yi קאָלאָסעום Zazaki: zza Kolezyum See also en coliseum en Buildings Rome