cantilena
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cantilena
1730–40; < Italian < Latin cantilēna refrain, perhaps by dissimilation from *cantilēla, derivative of cantus song; cant 1
Example Sentences
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The uniformed services university described him as a friend of Cantilena’s family.
From Washington Post
Cantilena was flying a single-engine plane that crashed near Oldenburg, Ind., on Saturday.
From Washington Post
One was Louis R. Cantilena Jr., a professor of medicine and pharmacology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, according to Richard W. Thomas, the university’s president.
From Washington Post
Cantilena’s daughter, Amy, also died, Thomas said in a statement.
From Washington Post
Stephen Wheeles? identified them Tuesday as 63-year-old pilot Louis Cantilena and his daughter, 31-year-old Amy Cantilena, both of Potomac, Maryland, and 65-year-old Paul Schuda of Arlington, Virginia.
From Seattle Times
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