Beccaria

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Lombard beccaria or Piedmontese becarìa, bëccarìa (butchershop). Cognate with English butchery, French boucherie, and Sicilian vuccirìa, among others. Doublet of beccheria and Vucciria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bek.kaˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Bec‧ca‧rì‧a

Proper noun

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Beccaria m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Lombard or Piedmontese
  2. (masculine only) Cesare Beccaria, 18th-century Italian criminologist and philosopher

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