Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plataea

2 senses of plataea

Sense 1
Plataea -- (a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Plataea, battle of Plataea -- (a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)