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tholos

/ˈθɒlɒs/

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From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”). Doublet of tholus and thole.

noun tholoi

A dome, or domed building; a cupola. On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille.
A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.

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@misc{tholos_2026,
  title = {tholos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tholos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}