girone

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Italian

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Etymology

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From giro- +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈro.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: gi‧ró‧ne

Noun

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girone m (plural gironi)

  1. large circular area
  2. steep curve (of a river, street, etc.)
  3. (archaic) a thick circle of defensive walls; a rampart
  4. (sports) round, leg
  5. (literature) any one of the three concentric zones in which Dante divides the seventh circle of Hell Wp
  6. (informal, literature) any one of the crags in Dante's Purgatory
  7. (informal, literature) any one of the heavens in Dante's Paradise
  8. oar handle
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