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donzella.

maiden, damsel

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/donˈd͡zɛl.la/
  1. maiden, damsel

    feminine · literary
  2. name of several species of fish in the Labridae taxonomic family

    feminine
  3. name of several species of fish in the Labridae taxonomic family: Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Occitan donçela, donsela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina (“mistress”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *dem- (“to build”). Doublet of damigella.

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