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aquila

eagle

noun AH-kwee-lah Rare

Origin: Latin aquila (eagle)

Usage Note

Aquila is grammatically feminine — l'aquila — despite often symbolizing strength and power. The double-headed eagle (aquila bicipite) is a heraldic symbol, and Aquila reale is the golden eagle. In colloquial Italian, non è un'aquila ('he's no eagle') means someone is not very bright — a common idiom learners often miss.

Examples

"Un'aquila volteggiava sulle montagne."

Natural Translation

An eagle was circling over the mountains.

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