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plataea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun plataea has 2 senses
- plataea(n = noun.location) Array - a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC; Array is a kind of town
- plataea(n = noun.act) battle of plataea - a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC; Array is a kind of pitched battle
is a part of boeotia
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