plataea plata river • platalea · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · plataea · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC. Synonyms: Plataea. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC. Synonyms: Plataea, battle of Plataea. · · Noun Definition 2 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C p latin small letter p U+0070 t latin small letter t U+0074