1. a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC;
2. a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC; [syn: Plataea, battle of Plataea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Plataea
n 1: a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the
Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
2: a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479
BC [syn: Plataea, battle of Plataea]