Ghibelline

See also: ghibelline

English

Etymology

Italian ghibellino, from Middle High German Wibellingen, name of the castle in Swabia held by the Hohenstaufen dynasty (nowadays in the township of Waiblingen).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbəlin/, /ˈɡɪbəlaɪn/, /ˈɡɪbələn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbɪlaɪn/

Noun

Ghibelline (plural Ghibellines)

(historical) A member of a medieval aristocratic Italian faction that supported the German emperors in a long struggle against the Popes and the Guelphs.

Translations

member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors

Arabic: غيبلين‎‎ m
Azerbaijani: gibellin
Basque: Gibelino
Belarusian: гібелі́н m (hibjelín)
Breton: Gibellin m, Gibelin m
Bulgarian: гибелин m (gibelin)
Catalan: gibel·lí m, gibel·lina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吉伯林 (jíbólín)
Czech: ghibellin m
Danish: ghibellin c
Esperanto: Gibelino
Estonian: gibelliin
Finnish: ghibelliini (fi)
French: Gibelin m, gibelin (fr) m, Gibeline f, gibeline (fr) f
Georgian: გიბელინ (gibelin)
German: Ghibelline m, Gibelline m, Waiblinger m
Greek: Γιβελλίνος m (Givellínos)
Hebrew: גיבלינ‎‎ m

Hungarian: ghibellin
Icelandic: gíbellín m
Ido: gibelino (io)
Indonesian: Ghibellin
Italian: ghibellino (it) m, ghibellina f
Japanese: 皇帝派 (こうていは, kōtei-ha), ギベリン (giberin)
Korean: 기벨린 (gibellin)
Norwegian: ghibellin m
Polish: gibelin (pl) m
Portuguese: gibelino m, gibelina f
Russian: гибелли́н (ru) m (gibellín)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гибели́ни m pl

Roman: gibelíni (sh) m pl
Slovene: gibelin m
Spanish: gibelino m, gibelina (es) f
Swedish: ghibellin (sv) c
Thai: กิเบลลิโน (gì-been-lí-noo)
Ukrainian: ґібелі́н m (gibelín)

Further reading

Guelphs and Ghibellines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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