"sanza" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsan.t͡sa/ Forms: sanze [plural]
Rhymes: -antsa Etymology: From Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, “harp, cymbal”). Etymology templates: {{uder|it|ar|صَنْج||harp, cymbal}} Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, “harp, cymbal”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} sanza f (plural sanze)
  1. alternative form of sansa Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: sansa
    Sense id: en-sanza-it-noun-utB3W2cN Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian undefined derivations, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Italian undefined derivations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 57 11 7 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 6 4 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ˈsan.t͡sa/
Rhymes: -antsa Etymology: Variant of senza frequently found in the ancient Florentine dialect due to the word being usually unstressed. Compare danaio and Sanese from Senese. Head templates: {{head|it|preposition}} sanza
  1. (obsolete, poetic) without Tags: obsolete, poetic
    Sense id: en-sanza-it-prep-EhayqIl1 Categories (other): Italian prepositions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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