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Posted On: 01/20/2017 8:10:39 AM
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How perfect, the "Word-A-Day" daily email chose this for its word:
camorra
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-MOR-uh)
MEANING:
noun: A secret group united for unscrupulous purposes.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Camorra, a secret organization in Naples, Italy, engaged in criminal activities. From Italian, possibly from Spanish camorra (fight). Earliest documented use: 1865.
camorra
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-MOR-uh)
MEANING:
noun: A secret group united for unscrupulous purposes.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Camorra, a secret organization in Naples, Italy, engaged in criminal activities. From Italian, possibly from Spanish camorra (fight). Earliest documented use: 1865.
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