English Explanatory Dictionary

bolgia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the divisions of the eighth circle of Hell, Malebolge, in Dante's Divine Comedy.

Pronunciation

/ˈboʊldʒə/

Word forms

bolgia bolgias bolge

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian bolgia (“ditch, trench”), from Old French bolge, bouge, from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Doublet of budge and bulge.

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