valanza

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Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin bilanx. Compare Italian bilancia.

Noun[edit]

valanza f (plural valanzi)

  1. balance, scales (device for weighing)
    La valanza nun canusci diffirenzi tra l'oru e lu chiummu.
    The scales don't differentiate gold from lead.
  3. (fishing) a type of fishing net. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “valanza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4454

Further reading[edit]

• (sense 2): rete a bilancia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

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