gorgia

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gorge, from Middle French gorge, from Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“whirlpool”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɔr.d͡ʒa/ Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa Hyphenation: gòr‧gia === Noun === gorgia f (plural gorge) (archaic, anatomy) throat Synonym: (not obsolete) gola (figurative) ravine, gorge Synonym: gola (linguistics, phonetics) the lenition of the stop consonants /p, t, k/ (especially the lattermost) found in several areas of Tuscany the pronunciation of the letter R as a uvular trill Synonym: erre moscia ==== Derived terms ==== pappagorgia === Further reading === (sense 3.1): Gorgia toscana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it === Anagrams === aggiro, aggirò, gigaro, raggio, raggiò, roggia