Category: -drome

Drôme (French drom) n (Placename) a department of SE France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Valence. Pop: 452 652 (2003 est. Area: 6561 sq km (2559 sq miles)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

-dromesuff.1. Racecourse: hippodrome.2. Field; arena: airdrome.3. Running: palindrome.[Latin -dromus, from Greek dromos, racecourse.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-drome n combining form 1. (Architecture) a course; racecourse: hippodrome. 2. a large place for a special purpose: aerodrome. [via Latin from Greek dromos race, course]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-drome a combining form meaning ?course, racecourse? ?an arena or building for holding races?: hippodrome. [comb. form of Greek drómos a running, course, place for running] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.