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cantilena

[ kan-tl-ee-nuh ]

noun

  1. a simple, lyric, melodic passage for voice or instrument.


cantilena

/ ËŒ°ìæ²Ô³Ùɪˈ±ô±ðɪ²ÔÉ™ /

noun

  1. a smooth flowing style in the writing of vocal music
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of cantilena1

1730–40; < Italian < Latin ³¦²¹²Ô³Ù¾±±ôŧ²Ô²¹ refrain, perhaps by dissimilation from *³¦²¹²Ô³Ù¾±±ôŧ±ô²¹, derivative of cantus song; cant 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of cantilena1

C18: Italian, from Latin ³¦²¹²Ô³Ù¾±±ôŧ²Ô²¹ a song
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Cantilena’s daughter, Amy, also died, Thomas said in a statement.

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The uniformed services university described him as a friend of Cantilena’s family.

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Cantilena was flying a single-engine plane that crashed near Oldenburg, Ind., on Saturday.

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One was Louis R. Cantilena Jr., a professor of medicine and pharmacology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, according to Richard W. Thomas, the university’s president.

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Stephen Wheeles? identified them Tuesday as 63-year-old pilot Louis Cantilena and his daughter, 31-year-old Amy Cantilena, both of Potomac, Maryland, and 65-year-old Paul Schuda of Arlington, Virginia.

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