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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 750 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STADIUM , the Latin See also:

form of this See also:Greek name for a See also:standard of length, a See also:stade— See also:loo bpryveat (about 6 ft., or 1 See also:fathom) = 6 a?dOpa (loo Gr. about 'or Eng. ft.), See also:equivalent to about 6o6 Eng. ft.; as being about one-eighth of the See also:Roman mile, it is often translated by " See also:furlong." The course for the See also:foot-See also:race at See also:Olympia (q.v.) was exactly a stade in length, and hence the name was given to the Greek foot-race and to the See also:amphitheatre in which the races took See also:place (see See also:GAMES, CLASSICAL).

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