Ferrara

See also: ferrara, ferrará, and ferrarà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.

Noun

Ferrara (plural Ferraras)

1. (now historical) An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (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.
3. A surname from Italian.
   • 2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes‎^[1]:

     As a result, men turn to the women in their lives to fulfill their emotional needs. Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term).

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