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Aida

or A·ï·da

[ ah-ee-duh ]

noun

  1. (italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
  2. a first name.


Aida

  1. An opera by Giuseppe Verdi . The title character is an Ethiopian princess who loves an Egyptian warrior, Radames. He accidentally reveals Egyptian military secrets to her and is condemned to death by live burial in a tomb. Aida flees but rejoins Radames to die with him.


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Notes

Aida is a particularly spectacular opera, with lavish sets, costumes, and extras — actors who have no singing parts.
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Example Sentences

The Daily Beast recently spent time in the Aida refugee camp, and refugees there said something similar.

This article was adapted from one originally written by Aida Qajar for IranWire.

That the meeting with Kerry took place in the “Aida” hall of the Marriott Hotel seemed somehow appropriate.

Facialist Aida Bacaj, who tends to the pores of Kyra Sedgwick and Carla Gugino, has mixed emotions.

Mrs. Stuart had visited Egypt before, but to Grace it was like a glimpse of grand-opera land, a scene from "Aida."

In "Aida," his last work, the world remarked a striking change.

About this time "Aida" was brought out at Vienna, and the composer Verdi came to superintend its production.

He set to work, and the result was that in a few weeks "Aida" was completed.

It was Aida, whose bridle was held by a dragoon, that served as a model for the artist's pencil.

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