Noun: piaggia
Gender: f
Hyphenation: piàg‧gia
| Singular f | piaggia |
| Plural f | piagge |
Sample Sentences
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Poi ch’èi posato un poco il corpo lasso,
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ripresi via per la piaggia diserta,
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sì che ’l piè fermo sempre era ’l più basso. (After I had rested my weary body a little, I resumed the way on the desert slope, such that the lower foot was always the firm one.) [1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:]
Nouns inflected like piaggia
seccia,
seggia,
paraliturgia,
sargia,
cappellaccia,
alzataccia,
stomatorragia,
viscaccia,
giliegia,
termometallurgia,
paniscia,
paniccia,
stregaccia,
controdenuncia,
panaccia,
puleggia,
praticaccia,
saccoccia,
urofagia,
merdaccia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plaga, whence also Sicilian praja (cf. Praia a Mare), Portuguese praia, French plage, Spanish playa, Romanian plai. See: Latin Nouns '
plaga', Portuguese Nouns '
praia', French Nouns '
plage', Spanish Nouns '
playa', Romanian Nouns '
plai'.
Verbs referencing "piaggia"
French Nouns
plage.
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