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cimelia

/sɪˈmiːlɪə/

cimelia noun: treasures; things considered valuable.

Noun

cimelia pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) Treasures; things considered valuable.
    • My sincere thanks are due […] to dott.essa Laura Desideri of the Gabinetto Scientifico Vieusseux/Florence (cf. note on Henry Crabb Robinson in the "Gazetteer of Travellers") for opening up to me the riches of this library, including the cimelia of the Fondo "Fiametta Olschki"; […]1996, “Introduction: Thanks and Acknowledgements”, in Manfred Pfister, editor, The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Italies of British Travellers: An Annotated Anthology, Amsterdam: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 20

Forms of cimelia

alternative formcimilia

Origin of cimelia

From Medieval Latin cimelia, cimilia, from Ancient Greek κειμήλῐᾰ (keimḗlĭă), plural of κειμήλῐον (keimḗlĭon, “something stored or saved up; treasure; heirloom”), from κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie; to be laid up”).

Words that rhyme with cimelia

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Questions about cimelia

What does cimelia mean?
Cimelia means treasures; things considered valuable.
What part of speech is cimelia?
Cimelia is a noun.
How do you pronounce cimelia?
Cimelia is pronounced /sɪˈmiːlɪə/.

Words near cimelia in the dictionary

  1. Cimbrian
  2. Cimbrians
  3. Cimbric
  4. Cimbáeth
  5. Cimei
  6. cimelia
  7. cimeliarch
  8. cimeliarchs
  9. cimemoxin
  10. cimeter
  11. cimeters

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