Vespa

Common synonyms include: brand of scooters, hornet genus, italian scooter line, large wasp genus, scooter brand, social wasp genus.

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
An Italian motor scooter.
"Her 40-year-old Vespa was waiting in the yard under a custom-made cover."

Proper Noun

"Tom gave Mary the key to the Vespa."

Etymology 1

Trade name; borrowing from Italian Vespa, from vespa (“wasp”). Doublet of wasp.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Vespa.