replica

[ rep-li-kuh ]
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noun
  1. a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under their supervision.

  2. any close or exact copy or reproduction.

Origin of replica

1
First recorded in 1815–25; from Italian: “reply, repetition,” derivative of replicare “to repeat” from Late Latin replicāre “to reply

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replica

/ (ˈrɛplɪkə) /


noun
  1. an exact copy or reproduction, esp on a smaller scale

Origin of replica

1
C19: from Italian, literally: a reply, from replicare to repeat, from Latin: to bend back, repeat

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