Attila

[at-l-uh, uh-til-uh]

noun

1. Scourge of God, a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.

Attila

/ əˈtɪlə /

noun

1. ?406–453 _ad , king of the Huns, who devastated much of the Roman Empire, invaded Gaul in 451 _ad , but was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths at Châlons-sur-Marne

Example Sentences

So upset that Attila — a Led Zeppelin-inspired metal band, according to the New York Times — broke up and Joel started boozing, which sent him into a tailspin.

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Attila Biro, another journalist associated with OCCRP, reports on crime and corruption from Romania.

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Attila Szabo, from the University of Oslo, is perhaps one of the world’s top experts on the immune modulating effects of psychedelics.

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A subsequent survey with a magnetometer identified a necropolis of the Avars, a nomadic peoples who succeeded Attila’s Huns.

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Centuries-old tree rings in today's Czech Republic and southeastern Bavaria suggest drought may have driven Attila the Hun's invasion of the Roman Empire.

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