Gallina

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proper noun

A surname from Italian.

Similar
jungle fowl
OriginItalian Gallina ← Sicilian Gaḍḍina →
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Meanings

proper nounGallina (plural Gallinas)

plural Gallinas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl

Similar
jungle fowl
Broader
gallinaceous birdgallinacean

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. SicilianGaḍḍina
  2. ItalianGallina
  3. EnglishGallina

Borrowed from Italian Gallina, or borrowed from the italianization of Sicilian Gaḍḍina~Jaḍḍina.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lingalagallian
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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