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cam⋅pa⋅ni⋅le
[kam-puh-nee-lee, -neel; It. kahm-pah-nee-le] 
–noun, plural -ni⋅les, -ni⋅li [-nee-lee] .
[-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)
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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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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Language Translation for : campanile
Spanish:
campanario,
German:
der Glockenstuhl,
Japanese:
鐘楼
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