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Galvani

Galvani proper noun: a surname from Italian.

Proper noun

Galvani

  1. A surname from Italian.
    • Luigi Galvani first described galvanism in 1792.

Origin of Galvani

From Italian Galvani, from Galvano + -i (“forming surnames”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvano, Galvan, and Galvao.

Questions about Galvani

What does Galvani mean?
Galvani means a surname from Italian.
What part of speech is Galvani?
Galvani is a proper noun.

Words near Galvani in the dictionary

  1. galuths
  2. galuts
  3. Galuza
  4. Galvalume
  5. Galvan
  6. Galvani
  7. galvanic
  8. galvanic action
  9. galvanic actions
  10. galvanic anode
  11. galvanic anodes

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