Allegra

[ uh-leg-ruh; Italian ahl-le-grah ]

/ əˈlɛg rə; Italian ɑlˈlɛ grɑ /

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noun

a female given name.

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Words nearby Allegra

allegorical, allegorist, allegoristic, allegorize, allegory, Allegra, allegretto, Allegri, allegro, allele, allele frequency

How to use Allegra in a sentence

Donatella herself holds a 20 percent share in the company, while her daughter, Allegra Beck, holds a controlling 50 percent.
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Yet those fears were borne out when, at the age of five, Allegra died of typhus.
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His first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen, was one of the most clever (and beautiful) women at Oxford.
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Later, we'd grab a coffee by my friends Allegra and Abed's house.
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The limping Allegra would have been easy prey—and could still be, even with tug-boat escorts.
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For the next week they were in frequent correspondence with Byron on the subject of Allegra.
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Even Clare with all her misery was, in one sense, better off than she, for Allegra lived.
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But when Denny is dead, talk over with Allegra, in her prison, the story of his death—it may divert you both!
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We hoped he would name that stronghold of Allegra's where he would feel safe and when he named this house our hopes leaped.
"Persons Unknown"|Virginia Tracy
They hid the friend of Allegra Alieni behind the window—how shall they tell us her friends are not their friends?
"Persons Unknown"|Virginia Tracy