| 词汇 | palace |
| 词源 | palace. Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, built his home on the most imposing of the seven hills of Rome, the Mons Palatinus, so named for the fence of stakes (Latin, palus) around it. His royal mansion was called a palatium, which be- came the French palais and finally the English palace, for the same. |
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