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palestrina

Pa·le·stri·na
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-uh-stree-nuh; Italian pah-le-stree-nah]
    • /ˌpæl əˈstri nə; Italian ˌpɑ lɛˈstri nɑ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pal-uh-stree-nuh; Italian pah-le-stree-nah]
    • /ˌpæl əˈstri nə; Italian ˌpɑ lɛˈstri nɑ/

Definitions of palestrina word

  • noun palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer. 1
  • noun palestrina Ancient Praeneste. a town in central Italy, ESE of Rome. 1
  • noun palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da (dʒoˈvanni pierˈluiːdʒi da). ?1525–94, Italian composer and master of counterpoint. His works, nearly all for unaccompanied choir and religious in nature, include the Missa Papae Marcelli (1555) 0
  • noun palestrina Gioˈvanni Pierluˈigi da (dʒɔˈvɑnni pjɛʀluˈidʒi dɑ) ; j^ōvänˈnē pyerlo̅oēˈjē dä) 1525?-94; It. composer 0

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Parts of speech for Palestrina

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palestrina popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

palestrina usage trend in Literature

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