Lucrezia Borgia
[ loo-kret-see-uh bawr-juh, bawr-zhuh, -kree-shuh; Italian loo-kre-tsyah bawr-jah ]
/ luˈkrɛt si ə ˈbɔr dʒə, ˈbɔr ʒə, -ˈkri ʃə; Italian luˈkrɛ tsyɑ ˈbɔr dʒɑ /
noun
an opera (1833) by Gaetano Donizetti.
Definition for lucrezia borgia (2 of 2)
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.
British Dictionary definitions for lucrezia 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