Attila

American  

[at-l-uh, uh-til-uh] / ˈæt l ə, əˈtɪl ə /

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.

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Attila British  

/ 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

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Attila

Rickover likened himself to Attila the Hun and had young officers conduct job interviews on chairs with specially shortened front legs, banishing them to a closet if they disappointed him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The pontiff of the time, who persuaded Attila to turn his army back and spare Rome, was called Pope Leo I.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Attila Szalai headed Hungary in front only for Ronaldo to turn in Nelson Semedo's driven cross to equalise midway through the first half.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025

According to legend, the miraculous apparition of Saints Peter and Paul during the meeting between Pope Leo I and Attila the king of the Huns in 452 AD made the latter desist from invading Italy.

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

Liszt spearheaded a shift from orchestral to illustrative music, using this 1850 painting of Attila the Hun in battle as the basis for his symphonic poem Hunnenschlacht.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall