Attila
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈtɪlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Attila is a noun meaning A short, fringed cape worn as part of traditional Hungarian costume.
Meaning
A short, fringed cape worn as part of traditional Hungarian costume.
More Meanings
- Any of the tropical flycatchers of the genus Attila.
Example Sentences
As I gazed at myself in the looking-glass, I found that I should be a handsome boy when I had put on my silver-buttoned attila.
In the scrubby woods that cover most of the Yucatan, suboscines such as the masked tityra, the bright-rumped attila, and the boat-billed flycatcher are all common.
In the Magyar costume, his heart beating more proudly under the national attila, he passed before the eyes of the peasants who had known him when a child, and had fought under his orders; and he spoke to them by name, recognizing many of his old companions in these poor people with cheeks tanned by the sun, and heads whitened by age.
Word Forms
- attilas
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