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campanile

[ kam-puh-nee-lee, -neel; Italian kahm-pah-nee-le ]

noun

plural campaniles campanili
  1. a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church.


campanile

/ ËŒ°ìæ³¾±èəˈ²Ô¾±Ë±ôɪ /

noun

  1. (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building Compare belfry
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Origin of campanile1

1630–40; < Italian, equivalent to campan ( a ) bell (< Late Latin, probably noun use of Latin °ä²¹³¾±èÄå²Ô²¹, feminine singular or neuter plural of °ä²¹³¾±èÄå²Ô³Ü²õ of Campania, reputed to be a source of high-quality bronze casting in antiquity) + -ile locative suffix (< Latin -Ä«±ô±ð )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of campanile1

C17: from Italian, from campana bell
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Example Sentences

A superb example of Italian Renaissance style, its 8-foot-thick foundation walls support a free-standing clock/campanile tower, slightly tapered to emphasize its soaring 10 stories.

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It also comes with a key to a notable Hollywood landmark: the High Tower, a five-story, 100-foot-tall stone tower that houses an antique elevator built in the style of an Italian campanile.

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Defensive backs meet with a view of the campanile, Cal’s clock tower.

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A viral video caught a man swimming through St. Mark’s Square, site of the Doge’s Palace, the city’s iconic campanile and the 11th-century St. Mark’s Basilica.

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People still visit and snap pictures of the brick campanile in Venice, which fell down in 1902 and was rebuilt.

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