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campanile
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cam·pa·ni·le       [kam-puh-nee-lee, -neel; It. kahm-pah-nee-le] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ni·les, -ni·li       [-nee-lee] Pronunciation Key.
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)  Pronunciation Key 
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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campanile

noun
a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Campanile

Cam`pa*ni"le\, n. [It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell.] (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.

Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. --Swift.

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