English noun: Plataea | |||
1. | Plataea (location) a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC | ||
Instance hypernym | town | ||
Part meronym | Boeotia | ||
2. | Plataea (act) a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC | ||
Synonyms | battle of Plataea | ||
Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
Domain region | Boeotia | ||