Oxilia

Italian

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation of a Ligurian semi-learned borrowing from Latin auxilia, plural of auxilium (“help”), in reference to Mary, Help of Christians. Doublet of Ausilio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /okˈsi.lja/
  • Rhymes: -ilja
  • Hyphenation: O‧xì‧lia

Proper noun

Oxilia m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Ligurian [in turn from Latin]

Further reading

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