plataea

English Thesaurus

1. a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	pitched battle,
definition	:	a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place (noun.act)

domain region	:	boeotia,
definition	:	a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens (noun.location)

2. a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	town,
definition	:	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location)

part meronym	:	boeotia,
definition	:	a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens (noun.location)