Borgia

[ bawr-juh, -zhuh; Italian bawr-jah ]

/ ˈbɔr dʒə, -ʒə; Italian ˈbɔr dʒɑ /

noun

Ce·sa·re

[che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/,1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.

Lu·cre·zia

[loo-kree-shuh, -zhuh; Italian loo-kre-tsyah] /luˈkri ʃə, -ʒə; Italian luˈkrɛ tsyɑ/, Duchess of Ferrara,1480–1519, sister and political pawn of Cesare Borgia: patron of the arts.

their fatherRo·dri·go

[raw-dree-gaw] /rɔˈdri gɔ/. Alexander VI.

Example sentences from the Web for borgia

To a most elaborately penned invitation the Borgia responded by half a dozen words scrawled by his secretary.

Little Novels of Italy |Maurice Henry Hewlett
Araoz had previously been at odds with Nadal, but he found it still more difficult to get along with Borgia.

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 |Thomas J. Campbell
The thought of meeting this Borgia in Rome must have been exceedingly painful to her.

Lucretia Borgia |Ferdinand Gregorovius
The Borgia was the richest, strongest, wisest, and most worldly of them all.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) |John Addington Symonds

He was sooner dead than he dared to hope, and died cursing the name of Borgia.

Little Novels of Italy |Maurice Henry Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for borgia

Borgia

/ (Italian ˈbordʒa) /

noun

Cesare (ˈtʃezare), son of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI). 1475–1507, Italian cardinal, politician, and military leader; model for Machiavelli's The Prince

his sister, Lucrezia (luˈkrɛttsja), daughter of Rodrigo Borgia. 1480–1519, Italian noblewoman. After her third marriage (1501), to the Duke of Ferrara, she became a patron of the arts and science

Rodrigo (rodˈriɡo). See Alexander VI

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