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Allegra

/əˈlɛɡrə/

Allegra proper noun: a female given name from Italian.

Proper noun

Allegra (plural Allegras)

  1. (rare) A female given name from Italian.
    • From my study I see in the lamplight,
      Descending the broad hall stair,
      Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,
      And Edith with golden hair.1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Children's Hour
  2. A surname from Italian.

Forms of Allegra

pluralAllegras

Origin of Allegra

Borrowed from Italian Allegra, from allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.

Questions about Allegra

What does Allegra mean?
Allegra means a female given name from Italian.
What part of speech is Allegra?
Allegra is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Allegra?
Allegra is pronounced /əˈlɛɡrə/.

Words near Allegra in the dictionary

  1. allegorizing
  2. allegorizings
  3. allegory
  4. allegorying
  5. allegorys
  6. Allegra
  7. Allegras
  8. Allegretti
  9. Allegrettis
  10. allegretto
  11. allegrettos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Allegra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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