Ferrara

See also: ferrara, ferrará, and ferrarà

English

Noun

Ferrara (plural Ferraras)

1. (now historical) An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     Perry […] returned upon his disarmed foe, and brandishing his Ferrara, threatened to make him shorter by the head, if he would not immediately crave quarter, and yield.

Proper noun

Ferrara

1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
2. City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.

Translations

province

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費拉拉／费拉拉 (Fèilālā)

• Emilian: Frêra
• French: Ferrare (fr)
• Italian: Ferrara (it)
• Marathi: फेर्रारा (pherrārā)

city, archbishopric and capital

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費拉拉／费拉拉 (Fèilālā)

• Emilian: Frêra
• French: Ferrare (fr)
• Italian: Ferrara (it) f
• Marathi: फेर्रारा (pherrārā)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ferˈra.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: Fer‧rà‧ra

Proper noun

Ferrara f

1. Ferrara (a province of Italy)
2. Ferrara (a city in Italy)

Proper noun

Ferrara m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• ferrarese