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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece;
[syn: Thermopylae, battle of Thermopylae]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Thermopylae
    n 1: a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was
         annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer
         Greece [syn: Thermopylae, battle of Thermopylae]