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latilla
[ luh-tee-uh; Spanish lah-tee-yah ]
/ ləˈti ə; Spanish lɑˈti yɑ /
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noun Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
a peeled branch or piece of wood laid between beams of a ceiling or above the vigas for decoration.
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Origin of latilla
First recorded in 1985–90; from Latin American Spanish: literally, “little stick,” from Spanish, diminutive of lata “stick, strip of wood,” from Vulgar Latin latta “lath, stick” (unattested); either latta, deriving from West Germanic lattō “board, slat” (unattested), or both latta and lattō deriving from the same unknown source + -illa feminine diminutive noun suffix
Words nearby latilla
laticiferous, latifundio, latifundista, latifundium, latigo, latilla, Latimer, latimeria, Latin, Latin-1, Latina
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How to use latilla in a sentence
La Pastorella al Soglio (composer not named, probably Latilla), and two ballets.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer