meliga
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier melica, from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”). Compare Catalan melca.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meliga f (plural melighe)
- sorghum
- Synonym: sorgo
- (northern Italy) maize
- Synonym: mais
Further reading
[edit]- melica2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛliɡa
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛliɡa/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
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- Italian terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/