velodrome

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  1. noun A sports arena with a banked oval track for bicycle and motorcycle racing.

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  1. French vélodrome, blend of vélocipède, velocipede; see velocipede, and -drome, racecourse (from Latin -dromus; see -drome).

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  1. French vélodrome, from Latin velo(x), swift, + Greek δρόμος, a running.
 

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/ˈvɛlədroʊm/
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