Coliseum /(?)/

Col·i·se·um

Coliseum

n.

[NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum.]

The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.

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