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cosmodrome

[koz-muh-drohm]

noun

an aerospace center or launching site for spacecraft in the Soviet Union.

Origin:
1950–55; < Russian kosmodróm; see cosmo-, -drome

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cosmodrome (ˈkɒzməˌdrəʊm)

—n
	a site, esp one in the former Soviet Union, from which spacecraft are launched

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