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NEMEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nemea mean?
• NEMEA (noun)
The noun NEMEA has 1 sense:
1. a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held
Familiarity information: NEMEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
vale; valley (a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river)
Holonyms ("Nemea" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
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