della

¹

[ del-lah ]

1. (in names of Italian derivation) a contraction of di and the article la: Andrea della Robbia.

Della

²

[ del-uh ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Delia.

Example Sentences

The largest dorm on campus, officially known as Florence Carrier Blaisdell and Della Mullock Mudd Hall, has 47 characters in the title and was completed in 1947.

From Los Angeles Times

Tyka Nelson was identified early on as the “When Doves Cry” singer’s only full sibling, sharing musicians John L. Nelson and Mattie Della Shaw as parents.

From Los Angeles Times

“Young men often feel like if they ask questions they are labeled as misogynist, homophobic or racist,” says John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Institute of Politics.

From BBC

Della Volpe specialises in polling younger voters.

From BBC

Della Volpe ticks through a list of statistics showing ways young men today are worse off than their female counterparts: they are less likely to be in relationships, they are less likely to enrol in college than they used to, they have higher rates of suicide than their female peers.

From BBC