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Michelangelo

/ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒɪloʊ/

Michelangelo proper noun: a 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).

michelangelo: a 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni...
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Proper noun

Michelangelo (plural Michelangelos)

  1. A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).
    • In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo.1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 10
    • There are no evidences in these days of Michelangelos and Titians, who at the age of eighty or ninety could turn out stronger work than our people of thirty and forty today!1926 October 11, C. F. B., “Old and New Pictures in Venice”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume XVIII, number 268, Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN...

Michelangelo meaning in Hindi

Michelangelo in Hindi

Italian artist
मिकेलांजेलो mikelāñjelo

Forms of Michelangelo

pluralMichelangelos

Origin of Michelangelo

From Italian Michelangelo, from Michele (“Michael”) + Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.

Words formed from Michelangelo

Questions about Michelangelo

What does Michelangelo mean?
Michelangelo means a 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).
What is Michelangelo in Hindi?
Michelangelo in Hindi is मिकेलांजेलो (mikelāñjelo). See Michelangelo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Michelangelo?
Michelangelo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Michelangelo?
Michelangelo is pronounced /ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒɪloʊ/.

Words near Michelangelo in the dictionary

  1. micheladas
  2. Michelago
  3. Michelangelan
  4. Michelangelesque
  5. Michelangelism
  6. Michelangelo
  7. Michelangeloesque
  8. Michelangelos
  9. Micheldever
  10. Micheldever Station
  11. Michele

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