caccia

[ kah-chuh; Italian kaht-chah ]

noun,plural cac·ce [kah-chey; Italian kaht-che], /ˈkɑ tʃeɪ; Italian ˈkɑt tʃɛ/, cac·cias.
  1. a 14th-century Italian vocal form for two voices in canon plus an independent tenor, with a text describing the hunt or the cries and noises of village life.

Origin of caccia

1
<Italian: literally, a hunt; see catch, chase1

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