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cicala

UK/sɪˈkɑːlə/

cicala noun: a cicada.

Noun

cicala (plural cicalas)

  1. A cicada.
    • The shrill cicalas, people of the pine, / Making their summer lives one ceaseless song […]1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.106
    • She recalled the old hall, with its storied frescoes—the woods, where so many mornings had passed so happily away—the little river, where they used to launch their light boats, made of the green rushes which grew beside; she recalled the blithe chirp of the cicala in the fragrant grass—and the...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 227-228

Proper noun capitalized: Cicala

Cicala (plural Cicalas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of cicala

Noun
pluralcicalas
alternative formcicale
Proper noun
pluralCicalas

Origin of cicala

Derived from Italian cicala and Occitan cicala. Doublet of cicada.

Borrowed from Italian Cicala.

Questions about cicala

What does cicala mean?
Cicala means a cicada.
What part of speech is cicala?
Cicala can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cicala?
Cicala is pronounced /sɪˈkɑːlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cicala?
The plural of cicala is cicalas.

Words near cicala in the dictionary

  1. cicadoids
  2. cicadomorph
  3. cicadomorphs
  4. cicads
  5. cicadæ
  6. cicala
  7. cicalas
  8. cicale
  9. cicales
  10. Cicalese
  11. Cicaleses

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