bolgia

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboʊldʒə/ === Noun === bolgia (plural bolgias or bolge) Any of the divisions of the eighth circle of Hell, Malebolge, in Dante's Divine Comedy. === Anagrams === Baglio, go bail == Italian == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Old French bolge, bouge, from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”) (or less likely directly from an adjectival form bulgea), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔl.d͡ʒa/ Rhymes: -ɔldʒa Hyphenation: bòl‧gia === Noun === bolgia f (plural bolge) (archaic) a bag, a pouch, especially one which opens longways Hypernyms: borsa f, bisaccia f (archaic) a ditch, a trench, a hole in the ground Synonyms: fossa f, fosso m, fossato m a bolgia (division in Dante's Inferno) 1308–1321, Dante Alighieri (translated by Robert and Jean Hollander, 2000), Commedìa (The Inferno), canto 23, lines 31–33: (figuratively) a mob or crowd of people in a confined space; a bedlam Synonyms: babele f, babilonia f, inferno m, (colloquial) bordello m, (colloquial) casino m, bailamme m, marasma m ==== Derived terms ==== bolgetta f Malebolge f pl sbolgiare === Anagrams === Baglio, baglio