Ferrara

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noun

An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.

OriginItalian Ferrara →
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Meanings

nounFerrara (plural Ferraras)

plural Ferraras

  1. historicalAn Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.

    Perry […] returned upon his disarmed foe, and brandishing his Ferrara, threatened to make him shorter by the head, if he would not immediately crave quarter, and yield.

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
proper noun
  1. A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  2. City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.
  3. A surname from Italian.

    As a result, men turn to the women in their lives to fulfill their emotional needs. Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term).

    2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes

Origin

  1. ItalianFerrara
  2. ItalianFerrara
  3. EnglishFerrara

Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 費拉拉 /费拉拉, 費拉拉 /费拉拉
  • 費拉拉 /费拉拉 (Fèilālā)province
  • 費拉拉 /费拉拉 (Fèilālā)city, archbishopric and capital
French Ferrare, Ferrare
  • Ferrareprovince
  • Ferrarecity, archbishopric and capital
Italian Ferrara, Ferrara
  • Ferraraprovince
  • Ferraracity, archbishopric and capital
Cite this entry
APA

Ferrara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ferrara

MLA

“Ferrara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ferrara. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ferrara,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ferrara.

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