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campanile

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cam⋅pa⋅ni⋅le

  [kam-puh-nee-lee, -neel; It. kahm-pah-nee-le]
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–noun, plural -ni⋅les, -ni⋅li  [-nee-lee] .
a bell tower, esp. one freestanding from the body of a church.
Origin:
1630–40; < It, equiv. to campan(a) bell (< LL, prob. n. use of L Campāna, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of Campānus of Campania, reputed to be a source of high-quality bronze casting in antiquity) + -ile locative suffix (< L -īle)
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cam·pa·ni·le   (kām'pə-nē'lē)   
n.   pl. cam·pa·ni·les (-lēz) or cam·pa·ni·li (-lē)
A bell tower, especially one near but not attached to a church or other public building.

[French, from Italian, from campana, bell, from Late Latin campāna, bell (made of metal produced in Campania), from Latin campānus, of Campania, from Campānia, Campania.]
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