Lingua Definition

lĭnggwə
linguae
noun
linguae
A tongue or an organ resembling a tongue, as the proboscis of a butterfly or moth.
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Other Word Forms of Lingua

Noun

Singular:
lingua
Plural:
linguae

Origin of Lingua

  • Latin tongue, language dn̥ghū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin lingua (“tongue").

    From Wiktionary

Lingua Sentence Examples

  • The narrative was first printed at Pesaro in 1513, in what Apostolo Zeno calls lingua inculta e rozza.

  • The Lucanians were a southern branch of the Samnite or Sabelline race, who spoke the Osca Lingua.

  • What was true of the antiquities would be true also, he argued, of the Etruscan language, and the object of the Saggio di lingua Etrusca was to prove that this language must be related to that of the neighbouring peoples - Romans, Umbrians, Oscans and Greeks.

  • His notices of ancient sculpture and its various styles appeared as an appendix to the Saggio di lingua Etrusca, and arose out of his minute study of the treasures then added to the Florentine collection from the Villa Medici.

  • Bella lingua " !

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Words Starting With

LLILIN

Words Ending With

AUAGUA

Unscrambles

lingua

Words Starting With L and Ending With A

Starts With L & Ends With AStarts With LI & Ends With AStarts With L & Ends With UA

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With A