bailo
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English
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Etymology
Venetian bailo. Doublet of bailiff.
Noun
bailo (plural baili)
- (historical) title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte
- 1886, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 7, page 328:
- Venice engaged to restore to the triarchs all property which the baili had conferred in fief since 1255.
- 2010, Gábor Ágoston, Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, page 73:
- In 1670 the bailo was considered responsible for all the Venetian consuls in the Ottoman Empire.
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Asturian
Verb
bailo
Galician
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bailo
Hiligaynon
Alternative forms
Verb
báilo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetian bailo, ultimately from Latin baiulus. Doublet of balivo and balì.
Pronunciation
Noun
bailo m (plural baili)
- title and function borne by an envoy of the Most Serene Republic of Venice
See also
- procuratore (“envoy of Pisa”)
- console (“envoy of Genoa”)
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Portuguese
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Spanish
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bailo
Venetian
Etymology
From Old Occitan baile, from Latin baiulus (“porter; steward”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bailo m (plural baili)
- title and function borne by an envoy of the Most Serene Republic of Venice