Allegra

American  

[uh-leg-ruh, ahl-le-grah] / əˈlɛg rə, ɑlˈlɛ grɑ /

noun

1. a first name.

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Example Sentences

The final novel from Mario Vargas Llosa, Allegra Goodman’s family saga, a case of canine possession and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

Allegra Goodman’s family saga coaxes, in Sam Sacks’s words, “excellent, bone-dry humor” out of the skirmishes and long-running battles among members of a loving, fractious clan.

From The Wall Street Journal

The organisers of the march, Allegra Petruzzi, told AFP: "All my classmates were in that fire, and most of them died, but some are still in hospital. It's for them, too, we have to fight."

From Barron's

Selected by Allegra Goodman, the author of the novel “Isola.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Allegra, owned by pharma giant Sanofi, and Edelman, the world’s largest independent PR firm, picked up the A.I. award, for a campaign called Allegra Airways.

From Slate