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How to spell stadium

Stadium is spelled S-T-A-D-I-U-M.

What it means: A large venue for sports or entertainment events.

In a sentence: We watched the big game at the stadium. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: arena, field, ballpark, gymnasium, sportsground. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Stadium comes from Latin and Greek words for a racecourse used in ancient Olympic games. The original Greek 'stadion' was also a unit of length, measuring the distance of a standard footrace.

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