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monopteros

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mo⋅nop⋅te⋅ros

[mo-nop-tuh-ros, moh-]
–noun, plural -te⋅roi [-tuh-roi] .
monopteron.

mo⋅nop⋅te⋅ron

[mo-nop-tuh-ron, moh-]
–noun, plural -te⋅ra [-ter-uh] .
a classical building having a single outer colonnade surrounding a central structure or a courtyard.
Also called monopteros.


Origin:
1700–10; n. use of neut. of L monopteros < Gk monópteros, equiv. to mono- mono- + -pteros -pterous
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