guglia

Italian

Etymology

Apheretic of aguglia, from Vulgar Latin *acucŭla, diminutive of ăcus (“needle”), perhaps via Occitan agulha.

Noun

guglia f (plural guglie)

1. spire
2. needle (of rock)

Anagrams

• laggiù

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) guila
• (Sutsilvan) vila
• (Puter, Vallader) aguoglia
• (Vallader) guoglia

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acucŭla, diminutive of Latin ăcus (“needle”).

Noun

guglia f (plural guglias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) needle

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) gluva