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Armilla may refer to: metallic objects : Latin name for a bracelet in Antiquity, also applied to Greeks, Celts and other peoples; Armilla (military decoration), an armband awarded as a medal-equivalent to soldiers of ancient Rome; Armilla or armill, a medieval arm or wristband, usually an item of liturgical or ceremonial jewellery; Armillary sphere
An armill or armilla (from the Latin: armillae remains the plural of armilla) is a type of medieval bracelet, or armlet, normally in metal and worn in pairs, one for each arm. They were usually worn as part of royal regalia , for example at a coronation, or perhaps as part of especially grand liturgical vestments .
An armilla (plural armillae) was an armband awarded as a military decoration (donum militarium) to soldiers of ancient Rome for conspicuous gallantry. Legionary (citizen) soldiers and non-commissioned officers below the rank of centurion were eligible for this award, but non-citizen soldiers were not. [ 1 ]
Armilla is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It lies on the Vega de Granada , 4 km from the provincial capital's city centre. Armilla limits with the municipalities of Granada , Ogíjares , Alhendín and Churriana de la Vega .
Jost Bürgi and Antonius Eisenhoit: Armillary sphere with astronomical clock, made in 1585 in Kassel, now at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm. An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (on the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial ...
The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.
Line 1 of the Granada Metro is a light rail line running from Albolote in the north to Armilla in the south, via Maracena and the center of Granada city. Today it has 26 stations and spans 15,920 km (9,890 mi) from end to end. [1] In 2019, it served a total of 11.7 million passengers, a 15% increase over the previous year. [2]