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scaglia

scaglia noun: a reddish variety of limestone.

Noun

scaglia (uncountable)

  1. A reddish variety of limestone.

Origin of scaglia

Borrowed from Italian scaglia (“a scale, a shell, a chip of marble”). Doublet of scale and shell.

Questions about scaglia

What does scaglia mean?
Scaglia means a reddish variety of limestone.
What part of speech is scaglia?
Scaglia is a noun.

Words near scaglia in the dictionary

  1. scagging
  2. Scaggs
  3. scaggy
  4. scaghead
  5. scagheads
  6. scaglia
  7. Scaglia's tuco-tuco
  8. Scaglia's tuco-tucos
  9. scagliola
  10. scagliolas
  11. scagliolist

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