Feminine
⛪
chiesa
Fu probabilmente il fondatore della chiesa ⛪ di Sant'Ervan in Cornovaglia .
⛪
He was probably the founder of the church of Sant'Ervan in Cornwall.
church
Frequency
Hyphenated as
chiè‧sa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkjɛ.za/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ecclēsia, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”). The original geminated -cc-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in many regional Italian varieties.
Related words
church-building
religious organisation
Christian church
church building
religious organization
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