giogaia

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒoˈɡa.ja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: gio‧gà‧ia

Etymology 1

From giogo +‎ -aia.

Noun

giogaia f (plural giogaie)

  1. mountain chain

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *iugāria [pellis], perhaps an alteration (influenced by iugum (“yoke”)) of *iugulāria [pellis] (“[skin] of the throat”), derived from Latin iugulum (“throat”).

Noun

giogaia f (plural giogaie)

  1. dewlap (pendulous skin under a bovine's neck)
    Synonym: pappagorgia
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