Lalage
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λαλαγή (lalagḗ, “prattle”).
Proper noun
[edit]Lalage f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Campephagidae – the trillers.
References
[edit]- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λᾰλᾰγή (lalagḗ, “to prattle”).
Proper noun
[edit]Lalage
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN, page 359:
- "What's her name?"
"Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. […] He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange."
Usage notes
[edit]- Used in poetry and literature, but rare in the real world.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Birds
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
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