noun
1. a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Boeotia
2. a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
• Syn: ↑battle of Plataea
• Regions: ↑Boeotia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
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/pleuh tee"euh/, n.
an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 B.C.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.