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Meaning of oppidum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.

Examples

“‘Mount Ceasar’ was a major oppidum of the Bellovaci tribe and almost certainly the tribal capital: its geographical relationship to the nearby Roman capital of Beauvais is typical of a post-conquest tribal resettlement.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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