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bolgia.

Any of the divisions of the eighth circle of Hell, Malebolge, in Dante's Divine Comedy.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈboʊldʒə/
  1. Any of the divisions of the eighth circle of Hell, Malebolge, in Dante's Divine Comedy.

Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Italian bolgia (“ditch, trench”), from Old French bolge, bouge, from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Doublet of budge and bulge.

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