Lalage
Translingual
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The pied triller (Lalage nigra)
Etymology
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References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
English
Alternative forms
- Lallage
Etymology
Ancient Greek λαλαγέω (lalagéō, “to prattle”).
Proper noun
Lalage
- A female given name.
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Penguin 1981, →ISBN, page 359:
- "What's her name?"
- "Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. […] He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange."
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Penguin 1981, →ISBN, page 359:
Usage notes
- Used in poetry and literature, but rare in the real world.
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