ghibellino
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German Wibellingen, the name of a castle in Swabia held by the Hohenstaufen dynasty (nowadays in the township of Waiblingen), from Old High German Weibilinga, Weibelingen, possibly a suffixed form of the personal name Wabilo, Wahilo.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ghibellino m (plural ghibellini, feminine ghibellina)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: gibel·lí
- → English: Ghibelline
- → French: gibelin
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Taylor, I. (1896). Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Rivington, Percival, p. 290