coliseum vs colosseum
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noun
- an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
Examples
I felt very sophisticated walking around the Coliseum, listening to the oohs and aahs about the refurbishment, and the gasps about the cornucopia of Ladies' loos.
Small groups of students are filtering by me, all headed directly for the coliseum, where the convocation is scheduled to start in couple of hours.
About her was the clothy exuberance of a Blodgett College room: cretonne-covered window-seat, photographs of girls, a carbon print of the Coliseum,
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noun
- a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80
Examples
I'd struggled in Colosseum crowds in the blistering heat.
Arunga Park is our outback colosseum, and it is here that boys with their toys gather to race to the death (of the vehicle), after months of rebuilding their stock cars from scratch.
The lion with a thorn in his paw, guy saves him, later guy is in the Colosseum, lion decides not to eat him.
