stadion
noun
stadion is a noun meaning “A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-A-D-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of stadion is stadia or stadions.
What does stadion mean?
noun
- 1
A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.
The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.
- 2
Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of stadion
- stadia plural
- stadions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is stadion?
Stadion appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Stadion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A unit of length roughly equal to 1/8 mile – see also furlong:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stadion come from?
From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stade, stadium, and estadio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).