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melodia

[ muh-loh-dee-uh ]

/ məˈloʊ di ə /

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an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.

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Origin of melodia

Special use of Late Latin melōdiamelody

Words nearby melodia

Mellotron, mellow, mellow out, Melo, melodeon, melodia, melodic, melodic interval, melodic minor scale, melodics, Melodie

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How to use melodia in a sentence

Sonant melliflua hymnorum organa, suavissima angelorum melodia, cantica canticorum mira!
Notre-Dame de Paris|Victor Hugo
Melodia seemed so friendly, Julie gained courage enough to purse up her lips for a speech, but the shade anticipated her.
The ghosts of their ancestors|Weymer Jay Mills
The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is among the first to return to its summer home.
Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland|William S. Thomas
Similar to melodia but with less brown and the markings blacker and more distinct.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed

The diapason treble register is known as “melodia”; different makers occasionally vary the use of fancy names for other stops.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8|Various