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Ciao (/ tʃ aʊ / CHOW, Italian: ⓘ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye". Originally from the Venetian language , it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world.
"Bella ciao" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resistance, who fought against the occupying troops of Germany and the collaborationist Fascist forces during the liberation of Italy.
Italian term Literal translation Definition Bel canto: beautiful singing: Any fine singing, esp. that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera Bravura: skill: A performance of extraordinary virtuosity Bravo: skillful: A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. (Masc. pl. bravi; fem. sing. brava; fem. pl. brave.)
"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" ("It's raining [Bye bye, baby girl]") is a song composed by Domenico Modugno with Italian lyrics by Eduardo Verde. [1] It won first prize at the 1959 Sanremo Music Festival , where it was performed by both Modugno and Johnny Dorelli . [ 2 ]
The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and languages of Italy, such as the Tuscan dialect, which had a very strong influence in modern standard Italian, and is widely known to be based on Florentine language. [1]
Chow may refer to: Selected set of nutrients fed to animals subjected to laboratory testing; Chow Chow, a dog breed; A slang term for food in general (such as in the terms "chow down" or "chow hall") Chow test, a statistical test for detecting differences between trends in time series; Chow (unit), an obsolete unit of mass in the pearl trade in ...
As an English surname, Chow originated as a nickname, from Middle English chowe, meaning "chough" or "jackdaw". [1]As a Chinese surname, Chow may be a romanisation of the pronunciations in different varieties of Chinese of the following surnames, listed based on their Pinyin romanisation (which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation):
Chow mein (/ ˈ tʃ aʊ ˈ m eɪ n / and / ˈ tʃ aʊ ˈ m iː n /, simplified Chinese: 炒面; traditional Chinese: 炒麵; Pinyin: chǎomiàn) is a dish of Chinese stir-fried noodles with vegetables and sometimes meat or tofu.