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Lalage
Lalage
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Proper noun
Lalage f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Campephagidae – the trillers.
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
English
Alternative forms
- Lallage
Proper noun
Lalage
- A female given name.
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Penguin 1981, ISBN 0451135989, page 359:
- "What's her name?"
- "Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the g hard. Still she could not raise her eyes. " Mr Rossetti approached me one day in the street. - - - He himself proposed the name. He is her godfather." She murmured, "I know it is strange."
- 1969, John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Penguin 1981, ISBN 0451135989, page 359:
Usage notes
- Used in poetry and literature, but rare in the real world.