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-De '''St. Annastreet''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: '''St. Annastraat''') is a street in the Dutch city of [[Nijmegen]]. De name is derived from the hamlet St. Anna, named after a chapel devoted to [[Saint Anne]] (Dutch: Sint Anna)
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-De street functions as one of the major traffic arteries into Nijmegen and sets the stage for the arrival on the last day of the [[International Four Days Marches Nijmegen]]. For this occasion, the street is renamed ''Via Gladiola''. The name is a play on the Dutch saying 'Death or the Gladioli', referring to Roman times when the gladiolus became a symbol of strength and victory. It now honours those who finish the marches.
-The [[Gladiolus]] or 'sword' lilly is so named because its leaves have the shape of a sword. A [[Roman]] sword was called [[gladius]], a smaller sword gladiolus. A [[Gladiator]] (Latin: gladiator, "swordsman") was a slave or professional fighter in ancient Rome. Gladiators fought other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death. Winners were often showered in gladioli.
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