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[ niks, puh-niks ] / nɪks, pə nɪks /
nouna hill in Athens, Greece, near the Acropolis: the place of assembly in ancient Athens. Words nearby Pnyx-pnoea, Pnom Penh, PnP, PNPB, pnxt., Pnyx, po, POA, poaceous, poach, poacher Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for PnyxThe Scythian police who kept order in the Pnyx could procure him no audience. Historical Miniatures|August Strindberg In the centre the rock projects into a platform about eight or ten feet square, which forms the Pnyx or pulpit for the orator. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2)|John Lloyd Stephens He went to the Pnyx on the chance of finding Saltram there, and failing in that, ate his solitary dinner in the coffee-room. Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon Tell Lister I shall be very pleased to see him if he will look me up at the Pnyx when he is next in town. Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon
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