guglia

Italian

Etymology

Apheretic of aguglia, borrowed from Old Occitan agulha, from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -uʎʎa
• Hyphenation: gù‧glia

Noun

guglia f (plural guglie)

1. (architecture) spire
2. needle (of rock)
3. spur

Anagrams

• laggiù

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

Noun

guglia f (plural guglias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) needle

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) gluva