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Aquila

1

[ ak-wuh-luh; Italian ah-kwee-lah ]

noun

  1. a city in central Italy.


Aquila

2

[ uh-kwil-uh, ak-wuh-luh ]

noun

, genitive A·quil·ae [uh, -, kwil, -ee, ak, -w, uh, -lee].
  1. the Eagle, a northern constellation south of Cygnus, containing the bright star Altair.

Aquila

1

/ ˈaːkwila; ˈækwɪlə /

noun

  1. a city in central Italy, capital of Abruzzi region. Pop: 68 503 (2001) Official nameAquila degli Abruzziˈdeʎʎi aˈbruttsi


Aquila

2

/ əˈkwɪlə; ˈækwɪlə /

noun

  1. a constellation lying in the Milky Way close to Cygnus and situated on the celestial equator. The brightest star is Altair

Aquila

/ ăkwə-lə /

  1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquarius and Hercules. Aquila (the Eagle) contains the bright star Altair.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Aquila1

from Latin: eagle

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Example Sentences

She's a contributing columnist for an online Muslim magazine called Aquila.

Cain was listed as the owner of 23,568 Aquila shares in 2002, when he approved the bonuses.

Cain made $100,000 a year as an Aquila director and $120,000 a year at Hallmark.

The company never recovered from 2001, the best of times and the worst of times for Aquila.

These pronouncements run directly counter to what Richard Green said he learned from what he called the Aquila “collapse.”

This possibly may have been a Christian community, like the church which was in the house of Priscilla and Aquila.

The nesting season of the tawny eagle or wokab (Aquila vindhiana) begins in November.

The long dark, stone-paved hall that was the restaurant of the Aquila Verde seemed cold and cheerless.

Olive saw the padrone of the Aquila Verde that night before she went to her room and told him she was leaving.

Aquila lived in the time of Hadrian, to whom he is said to have been related.

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