agata

[ ag-uh-tuh ]

/ ˈæg ə tə /

an American art glass having a mottled, glossy, white and rose surface.

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< Italian: agate < Latin achātēs

Agata in Suburra, through the courtyard of which we enter the Church of Sta.
Walks in Rome|Augustus J.C. Hare
Agata, the village to which Guidobaldo fled by night when Valentino drove him from his dukedom.
New Italian sketches|John Addington Symonds
If my soles are to be shod with blows, the honest priest of Sant' Agata will be cheated by a penitent.
The Bravo|J. Fenimore Cooper
The mezza bolla is supposed to refer to the fine for entrance on the little benefice of Sant'Agata, half of which Leo remitted.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

"Place," cried the Duke of Sant' Agata, whose person and voice were alike unknown to them.
The Bravo|J. Fenimore Cooper