The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypogea
Hypogeum \Hyp`o*ge"um\, n.; pl. Hypogea. [L., fr. Gr. ?, ?, subterranean; ? under + ?, ?, the earth.] (Anc. Arch.) The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.
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hypogea
n. (plural of hypogeum English)
WordNet
hypogea
See hypogeum
Usage examples of "hypogea".
He would not deign to examine even the masterpieces of Elephanta, or the mysterious hypogea, concealed south-east from the docks, or those fine remains of Buddhist architecture, the Kanherian grottoes of the island of Salcette.