"Verga" meaning in Italian

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verga",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crook"
      },
      "expansion": "verga (“crook”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shepherd"
      },
      "expansion": "shepherd",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From verga (“crook”), possibly in reference to the job of a shepherd.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "Verga m or f by sense",
      "name": "it-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Vér‧ga"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
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            "Nouns by gender",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Nouns with irregular gender",
            "Irregular proper nouns",
            "Irregular nouns",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Proper nouns by inflection type",
            "Nouns by inflection type",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Individuals",
          "orig": "it:Individuals",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "verghiano"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), Italian writer"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-Verga-it-name-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "Sicily",
          "word": "Virga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "it:Verga"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈver.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "verga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-erɡa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Verga"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "verghiano"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verga",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crook"
      },
      "expansion": "verga (“crook”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shepherd"
      },
      "expansion": "shepherd",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From verga (“crook”), possibly in reference to the job of a shepherd.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "Verga m or f by sense",
      "name": "it-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Vér‧ga"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 2-syllable words",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian feminine nouns",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns with multiple genders",
        "Italian proper nouns",
        "Italian proper nouns with irregular gender",
        "Italian surnames",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with homophones",
        "Rhymes:Italian/erɡa",
        "Rhymes:Italian/erɡa/2 syllables",
        "it:Individuals"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), Italian writer"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈver.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "verga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-erɡa"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Sicily",
      "word": "Virga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Verga"
}