Ferrara

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  2. 2
    City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.
  3. 3
    A surname from Italian.

    "As a result, men turn to the women in their lives to fulfill their emotional needs. Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term)."

Noun
  1. 1
    An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword. historical

    "Perry […] returned upon his disarmed foe, and brandishing his Ferrara, threatened to make him shorter by the head, if he would not immediately crave quarter, and yield."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.

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