Gymnasium or stadium

• Greek athletes' training area
• Athletic training site, in Greek antiquity
• Piano star drunk on beer, where classical training took place
• Gymnasium for Spartan wrestlers
• Greek wrestling school
• A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palaestra ] [also: palestrae (pl)]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of palaestra English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French palestre (12c.), from Latin palaestra , from Greek palaistra "gymnasium, public place for exercise," originally "wrestling school," from palaiein "to wrestle" (of unknown origin) + -tra , suffix denoting place.