Plataea
[pluh-tee-uh] /pləˈti ə/
noun
1.
an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 b.c.
/pləˈtiːə/
noun
1.
an ancient city in S Boeotia, traditionally an ally of Athens: scene of the defeat of a great Persian army by the Greeks in 479 bc
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