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Definition of Aquila

1. Noun. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair.

2. Noun. The provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy.

3. Noun. A genus of Accipitridae.

Definition of Aquila

1. n. A genus of eagles.

Definition of Aquila

1. Proper noun. (constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair. ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical character) An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Aquila

1. Origin: L, an eagle. 1. A genus of eagles. 2. A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba [L, white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aquila

aquept aquic moisture regime aquiclude aquicludes aquicultural aquiculture aquicultures aquiculturist aquiesce aquifer

aquiferous aquifers aquiform aquifuge aquifuges aquila aquilege aquilegia aquilegias aquiline

aquiline nose aquiline noses aquilinities aquilinity aquilon aquilons aquiparous aquire aquitard aquitards

Literary usage of Aquila

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Italy by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1877)
"From Caianiello to Naples, see li. 1. 16. From Terni to Aquila and ... dcp. from Aquila 4 am and 2 pm, arr. at Terni 2 pm and 12 midnight. ..."

2. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"In the latter on Feb. i3th, and Aquila alone on July 8ih. Authority:— The Acts of the Apostles.] the year 54, S. Paul came to Corinth from Athens, ..."

3. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"Aquila* stuck closely and servilely to the letter, rendering word for word, as nearly as he could, whether the idioms and properties of the language he made ..."

4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, Martha Joanna Lamb, John Austin Stevens (1892)
"FRANCIS Aquila STOUT A STUDY. Francis Aquila Stout belonged to a noble type ... His father, Mr. Aquila G. Stout, who was named after Colonel Aquila Giles, ..."

5. The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and by Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, Charles Augustus Briggs (1908)
"Aquila was a native of Pontus, and a connection of the emperor Hadrian, ... Aquila accompanied him, and while there was converted to Christianity. ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Aquila renders M x0/*'?, "for the dance"; the same idea is conveyed by Sym- ... Aquila and Theodotion follow the reading of Massorah and, in Ps. viii, ..."

7. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1892)
"At about the same time lived the rhetorician Aquila Romanus, to whom we owe a meagre and hastily written little book De figuris sententiarum et ..."

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