battle of thermopylae

1. 1.

   a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece

   SynonymsThermopylae

   Broaderpitched battle

   Greece

Questions about battle of thermopylae

What does battle of thermopylae mean?

battle of thermopylae means "a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece".

What is another word for battle of thermopylae?

Close synonyms include Thermopylae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is battle of thermopylae a common word?

battle of thermopylae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.