stade

noun

ˈstād

: stadium sense 3a

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Although this year’s summer Olympics include 33 sports, in the beginning there was only one: a 192-meter sprint called the stadion, or stade. —

Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021 Supplied with that information, Eratosthenes deduced Earth’s circumference as 250,000 stades, a Hellenistic unit of length equaling roughly 600 feet. —

Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019

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