Gioconda
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Gioconda
Italian: the smiling (lady)
Example Sentences
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La Gioconda, a ballad singer, fights off the advances of Barnaba, a spy of the Venetian State Inquisition.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
“We can ride the wave of the triumph in Argentina,” said Gioconda Espina, a longtime Venezuelan women’s rights activist.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2021
In recent years those specialities have included Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Montemezzi's L'Amore di Tre Re; there's a definite bias towards 19th-century Italian repertory and verismo works in particular.
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010
She becomes friends with Gioconda, a writer; her lover, Gianni; and a Scottish scientist called Justin Tulloch.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2010
“Beware, La Gioconda is a dangerous picture,” writes the French historian Jules Michelet.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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