ghibellino

Italian

Etymology

From Middle High German Wibellingen, the name of a castle in Swabia held by the Hohenstaufen dynasty (nowadays in the township of Waiblingen), from Old High German Weibilinga, Weibelingen, possibly a suffixed form of the personal name Wabilo, Wahilo.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡi.belˈli.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ghi‧bel‧lì‧no

Noun

ghibellino m (plural ghibellini, feminine ghibellina)

  1. (history) Ghibelline

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Catalan: gibel·lí
  • → English: Ghibelline
  • → French: gibelin

See also

References
  1. Taylor, I. (1896). Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Rivington, Percival, p. 290

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