scaglia

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noun

A reddish variety of limestone.

OriginItalian scaglia →
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Meanings

nounscaglia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA reddish variety of limestone.

Origin

  1. Italianscaglia“a scale, a shell, a chip of marble”
  2. Englishscaglia

Borrowed from Italian scaglia (“a scale, a shell, a chip of marble”). Doublet of scale and shell.

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APA

scaglia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaglia

MLA

“scaglia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaglia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scaglia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaglia.

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