ribellazione
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin rebellātiōnem (“renewal of hostilities; rebellion”), derived from rebellō (“to renew war; to revolt”).
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Noun edit
ribellazione m (plural ribellazioni)
- (obsolete) rebellion, revolt
- Synonyms: (obsolete or rare) ribellamento, ribellione, rivolta
- 1348, Giovanni Villani, “ⅬⅪ. Come e per che modo si rubellò l’isola di Cicilia al re Carlo. [61. How the island of Sicily rebelled against King Charles]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle][1], published 1991:
- sì·ssi mossono i Missinesi a ribellazione, e poi feciono quello e peggio che’ Palermitani contra’ Franceschi
- Thus the Messinese were pushed to rebellion, and then they did the same thing the Palermitans did against the French—and even worse
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Further reading edit
- ribellazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana