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DIONYSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dionysia mean?
• DIONYSIA (noun)
The noun DIONYSIA has 1 sense:
1. an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
Familiarity information: DIONYSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Bacchanalia; Dionysia
Hypernyms ("Dionysia" is a kind of...):
festival; fete (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place))
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