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ve⋅lo⋅drome

  [vee-luh-drohm, vel-uh-]
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–noun
a sports arena equipped with a banked track for cycling.
Origin:
1890–95; < F vélodrome, equiv. to vélo, shortened form of vélocipède velocipede + -drome -drome
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ve·lo·drome   (vē'lə-drōm', věl'ə-)   
n.  A sports arena with a banked oval track for bicycle and motorcycle racing.

[French vélodrome, blend of vélocipède, velocipede; see velocipede, and -drome, racecourse (from Latin -dromus; see -drome).]
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velodrome 
"building for bicycle races," 1902, from Fr. vélodrome, from vélo, colloq. abbreviation of vélocipède (see velocipede) + -drome, as in hippodrome.
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