Camelot
pronunciation
How to pronounce Camelot in British English:
UK ['kæməlɑt]
How to pronounce Camelot in American English:
US [ˈkæməˌlɑt]
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- Noun:
- (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
Word Origin
- Camelot (n.)
- a name first found in medieval French romances; it corresponds to Latin Camuladonum, the Roman forerunner of Colchester, which was an impressive ruin in the Middle Ages. But Malory identifies it with Winchester and Elizabethans tended to see it as Cadbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near Glastonbury.
Example
- 1. And will you return to camelot with us ?
- 2. You want to make a strike on camelot ?
- 3. You 're a long way from home.what brings you to camelot ?
- 4. You 're talking to the man who defended camelot with a cardboard sword .
- 5. You 're leaving camelot ?