basilica
Meaning of basilica
noun
a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a law court or for public assemblies.
mid 16th century: from Latin, literally ‘royal palace’, from Greek basilikē, feminine of basilikos ‘royal’, from basileus ‘king’.
Information about basilica
- It is a name.
- The plural form of basilica is: basilicas.
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Hyphenation of basilica
basil-ica
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- basilica is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of basilica
Words that rhyme with basilica
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