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villanella

[ vil-uh-nel-uh; Italian veel-lah-nel-lah ]

noun

plural villanelle
  1. a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.


villanella

/ ˌɪəˈɛə /

noun

  1. a type of part song originating in Naples during the 16th century
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of villanella1

1590–1600; < Italian, feminine of villanello rural, rustic, equivalent to villan ( o ) peasant, boor ( villain ) + -ello -ish
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of villanella1

C16: from Italian, from villano rustic, from Late Latin īԳܲ; see villain
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Example Sentences

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Smiling broadly, the daughter of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori walked out of the women’s prison in the Lima district of Chorrillos and was handed a bouquet of roses by her husband, Mark Villanella, who had been on a hunger strike demanding her release.

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Her husband, Mark Villanella, had been on a more than week-long hunger strike outside the jail holding Fujimori.

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Then, after Mr. Fujimori’s resignation, she went to Columbia University’s business school, where she met Mark Villanella, a self-described “Jersey guy” from Berkeley Heights, N.J.

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Humala immediately pounced on the report, linking the financial problems of Villanella family finances to similar allegations against the Fujimori clan.

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While Fujimori wraps up her meetings with the required press conference, Villanella strikes out alone to continue to work the crowd.

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