Aquila meaning

ăk'wə-lə
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere and the Milky Way near Aquarius and Serpens Cauda.
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A N constellation in the Milky Way, nearly centered on the celestial equator.
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquarius and Hercules. Aquila (the Eagle) contains the bright star Altair.
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(astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
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An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
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Origin of aquila

  • Middle English from Latin aquila eagle, the constellation Aquila
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin aquila "eagle"
    From Wiktionary

Aquila Sentence Examples

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  • the three new versions of Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion.

  • above them; while the upper valley of the Aterno, in which Aquila is situated, is 2380 ft.

  • In Sicily and the provinces of Reggio, Catanzaro, Cosenza and Lecce this tree flourishes without shelter; as far north as Rome, Aquila and Teramo it reqtiires only the slightest protection; in the rest of the peninsula itruns the risk of damage by frost every ten years or so.

  • There are 21 universitiesBologna, Cagliari, Camerino, Catania, Ferrara,Genoa,Macerata, Messina, Modena, Naples, Padua, Palermo, Parma, Pavia, Perugia, Pisa, Rome, Sassari, Siena, Turin, Urbino, of which Camerino, Ferrara, Perugia and Urbino are not state institutions; university courses are also given at Aquila, Ban and Catanzaro.

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