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Dante

UK/ˈdænti/ US/ˈdænteɪ/ fairly common

noun

1.

an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)

Origin

Borrowed from Italian Dànte, a reduced form of Durànte.

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