gorgia

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gorge, from Middle French gorge, from Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).

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Noun

gorgia f (plural gorge)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) throat
    Synonym: (not obsolete) gola
  2. (figurative) ravine, gorge
    Synonym: gola
  3. (linguistics, phonetics)
    2. the lenition of the stop consonants /p, t, k/ (especially the lattermost) found in several areas of Tuscany
    3. the pronunciation of the letter R as a uvular trill
      Synonym: erre moscia

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