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Wally, short for Walburga, is a girl with some heroic attributes. The story is based on an episode in the life of Tyrolean painter Anna Stainer-Knittel , whom von Hillern met. She got her epithet "Geier" (vulture, the local name for eagle) from having gutted a bearded vulture 's nest going down a rope; this dangerous task, aimed at protecting ...
Because Spanish is a Romance language (which means it evolved from Latin), many of its words are either inherited from Latin or derive from Latin words. Although English is a Germanic language , it, too, incorporates thousands of Latinate words that are related to words in Spanish. [ 3 ]
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
Wally is a British English expression referring to a "silly or inept person", [1] which later developed into an umbrella term for "vulnerable individuals". [ 2 ] It is thought to have originated at a pop festival in the late 1960s or early 1970s; many sources suggest the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival .
Alfredo Catalani (19 June 1854 – 7 August 1893) was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley (1890) and La Wally (1892). [1] La Wally was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and features Catalani's most famous aria "Ebben?
In British English 'wally' is a colloquial way to describe someone stupid or inept ('he looked a complete wally'). It is also a common, folksy abbreviation of male names such as Walter and Wallace, so the combination with female 'La' in the name of an opera inevitably looks comical - as if the opera were called 'La Fred' or 'La Mike'.
Wally B., a character in the 1984 short film The Adventures of André & Wally B. Wally B. Feed, cartographer from the Monkey Island game series; Wally the Wizard, a Magician child from Marvel Comics. Wally/Wolliriki, a character in Kikoriki, also known as GoGoRiki (United States). Title character of opera La Wally (female; short for Walburga)
Luigi Illica. Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers.