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Dante
[ dan-tee, dahn-tey; Italian dahn-te ]
noun
- Dante Alighieri, 1265鈥1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
Dante
/ 藞d忙nt瑟; 藞dante; d忙n藞ti藧蓹n; 藞d蓱藧nte瑟; 藞d忙nt瑟蓹n; d忙n藞t蓻sk /
noun
- Dante12651321MItalianWRITING: poet full name Dante Alighieri ( Italian ali藞伞j蓻藧ri). 1265鈥1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309鈥?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice
Dante
- An Italian poet of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; his full name was Dante Alighieri. Dante is remembered for his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, an epic about hell , purgatory , and heaven . The Divine Comedy was written as a memorial to Beatrice, a woman whom Dante loved and who died at an early age.
Derived Forms
- Dantean, adjective
Example Sentences
鈥淭here鈥檚 just a general unease about the economy, particularly over the last several months. We鈥檝e seen a slowdown in hiring really across the board,鈥 said Dante DeAntonio, senior director of economic research at Moody鈥檚 Analytics.
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The King has spoken of his love for Italian culture and the trip to Ravenna allowed him to see the tomb of the writer Dante Alighieri.
The culture-loving royals will also have visits associated with the writers Dante and Lord Byron.
In Ravenna, the royal couple will view the tomb of the Italian writer Dante, and the Queen will tour a museum commemorating the poet Lord Byron.
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