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lingua

/ˈlɪŋɡwə/

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What does lingua mean?

noun

  1. Synonym of tongue.
  2. A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɪŋɡwə/

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It would exhaust the Latin and Greek languages, if they were used, and make the lingua vernacula flag.
Henry David ThoreauWild ApplesProject Gutenberg ebook #4066
“O Jane, a tergo quern nulls ciconia pinsit, Nec manus, auriculas imitari est mobilis albas, Nec lingua, quantum sitiat canis Appula, tantum.”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
More book examples (3)
It is constantly mentioned as "the sacred tongue"--sancta lingua.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
We conversed in a kind of LINGUA FRANCA.
K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) ParkerThe Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in AustraliaProject Gutenberg ebook #3819
Señor Najera ("Dissertacion Sobre la lingua Othomi, Mexico," pp.
Ignatius DonnellyAtlantis: The Antedeluvian WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #4032