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nau·ma·chi·a    Audio Help   [naw-mey-kee-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -chi·ae    Audio Help   [-kee-ee] Pronunciation Key, -chi·as.
1.a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
2.a place for presenting such spectacles.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L: mock naval battle < Gk naumachía a sea fight, equiv. to naû(s) ship + mách(é) battle, fight + -ia -ia]
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naumachia

noun
a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans [syn: naumachy] 

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