Immacolata

See also: immacolata

Italian

Etymology

From Immacolata Concezione ("Immaculate Conception"), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception". Cognate with Sicilian Mmaculata and Spanish Inmaculada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ma.koˈla.ta/[1]
  • Homophone: immacolata
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: Im‧ma‧co‧là‧ta

Proper noun

Immacolata f (diminutive Imma)

  1. a female given name

Proper noun

Immacolata m or f by sense

  1. a surname originating as a matronymic

References

  1. ^ Immacolata in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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