balilla

Italian

Etymology

Named after Genoese boy and patriot Giovanni Battista Perasso (1735–1781), nicknamed “Balilla”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lìl‧la

Noun

balilla m (countable and uncountable, invariable)

  1. (countable) a member of a Fascist paramilitary male youth organization in the time of Benito Mussolini
  2. (uncountable) a type of rice

Derived terms

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