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Palestrina

Palestrina proper noun: a town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste.

Proper noun

Palestrina

  1. A town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste.
  2. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 or 1526 – 1594), Italian composer.

Origin of Palestrina

Borrowed from Italian Palestrina, ultimately from Latin Praeneste.

Words formed from Palestrina

Questions about Palestrina

What does Palestrina mean?
Palestrina means a town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste.
What part of speech is Palestrina?
Palestrina is a proper noun.

Words near Palestrina in the dictionary

  1. palestras
  2. palestrian
  3. palestrians
  4. palestric
  5. palestrical
  6. Palestrina
  7. Palestrinian
  8. Palestro
  9. palesy
  10. palet
  11. paleta

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