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cortana

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Italian

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Etymology

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From corto (“short”), due to the shortness of the barrel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /korˈta.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: cor‧tà‧na

Noun

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cortana f (plural cortane)

  1. (historical) a type of cannon with a short, reinforced barrel, used to throw stone projectiles
    Synonym: cortaldo
    • 1470s, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Trattato di architettura civile e militare‎[1], Turin: Tipografia Chirio e Mina, published 1841, page 126:
      La quarta è appellata Cortana
      The fourth [kind of cannon] is named cortana

Further reading

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  • cortana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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