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Italian
Etymology
From corto (“short”), due to the shortness of the barrel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korˈta.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: cor‧tà‧na
Noun
cortana f (plural cortane)
- (historical) a type of cannon with a short, reinforced barrel, used to throw stone projectiles
- Synonym: cortaldo
1470s, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Trattato di architettura civile e militare, Turin: Tipografia Chirio e Mina, published 1841, page 126:La quarta è appellata Cortana- The fourth is named cortana
Further reading
- cortana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana