Quirinale
See also: quirinale
Italian
Etymology
From Latin [collem] Quirīnālem (“Quirinal hill”). By surface analysis, Quirino (“Quirinus”) + -ale (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwi.riˈna.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: Qui‧ri‧nà‧le
Proper noun
Quirinale m
- the Quirinal Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome
- (metonymically) Ellipsis of Palazzo del Quirinale., the Quirinal Palace in Rome, residence of the President of the Italian Republic
- (by extension, politics) the presidency of the Italian Republic
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Further reading
- Quirinale (colle) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- Palazzo del Quirinale on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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