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Campanella

Campanella

See also: campanella

Italian

Proper noun

Campanella ?

  1. A surname.
  2. Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and writer

campanella

campanella

See also: Campanella

English

Noun

campanella (plural campanellas or campanellae)

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.[1][2]

References

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
  2. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, p. 452.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin campanella

Noun

campanella f (plural campanelle)

  1. small bell (in a school or factory)
  2. campanula

Latin

Etymology

From campana (steeple bell) + -ella (forming diminutives)

Noun

campanella

  1. (historical) A smallish suspended bell used in some medieval cloisters.
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