ballata
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of ballata
1755–65; < Italian < Old Provençal balada ballad
Example Sentences
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According to the custom of her country, Colomba improvised a ballata in presence of her father's corpse, and before his assembled friends.
From Colomba by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
This was Barricini, the lawyer, mayor of Pietranera, who had come, with his two sons, to show the prefect what a ballata was.
From Colomba by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
In vain did he protest that nothing was so insipid as a Corsican ballata, and that to recite the Corsican verses after those of Dante was like betraying his country.
From Colomba by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
Nevertheless, out of respect for the ballata, nobody said a word to them.
From Colomba by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
Late that night Cino was in his chamber writing a ballata.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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