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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌavəˈniːə/ [UK] Forms: avanias [plural]
enPR: ăv'ə-nē􂀽'ə [UK] Rhymes: -iːə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|it|avania}} Borrowed from Italian avania, {{cog|el|αβανιά}} Greek αβανιά (avaniá), {{der|en|gkm|ἀβανία|pos=cfr. modern Greek <i class="Grek mention" lang="el">αβανιά</i> (avaniá) “defamation, slander”}} Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), {{der|en|ar|خَوَّان||unreliable, treacherous}} Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} avania (plural avanias)
  1. (historical) A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate. Tags: historical Translations (fee imposed by Ottomans): عَوَانِيَّة (ʕawāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), عَوَانَة (ʕawāna) [feminine] (Arabic), avanie [feminine] (French), αβανία (avanía) [feminine] (Greek), ἀβανία (abanía) [feminine] (Greek), avania [feminine] (Italian), vania [feminine] (Italian), aveinie [feminine] (Old French), avania [feminine] (Portuguese)

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /a.vaˈni.a/ Forms: avanie [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|gkm|ἀβανία}} Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía), {{der|it|ar|خَوَّان||unreliable, treacherous}} Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} avania f (plural avanie)
  1. (historical) avania (fee imposed by Ottomans) Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-avania-it-noun-~GOnGP2w Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 55 42 2
  2. (dated, by extension) any unfair tax Tags: broadly, dated, feminine Synonyms: balzello, gabella
    Sense id: en-avania-it-noun-9oBUA4c8
  3. (dated, figuratively) harassment, abuse, prevarication Tags: dated, feminine, figuratively Synonyms: angheria, prepotenza, prevaricazione, sopraffazione, soverchieria, sopruso, vessazione
    Sense id: en-avania-it-noun-CE4R3ccQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vania [rare]

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unfair",
          "unfair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, by extension) any unfair tax"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "balzello"
        },
        {
          "word": "gabella"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "harassment, abuse, prevarication"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harassment",
          "harassment"
        ],
        [
          "abuse",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "prevarication",
          "prevarication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, figuratively) harassment, abuse, prevarication"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "angheria"
        },
        {
          "word": "prepotenza"
        },
        {
          "word": "prevaricazione"
        },
        {
          "word": "sopraffazione"
        },
        {
          "word": "soverchieria"
        },
        {
          "word": "sopruso"
        },
        {
          "word": "vessazione"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.vaˈni.a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ia"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "vania"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avania"
}

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