Valla

American

[vahl-lah] / ˈvɑl lɑ /

noun

Lorenzo 1407–57, Italian humanist and critic.

Valla British

/ ˈvalla /

noun

Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso). 1405–57, Italian humanist cholar. His writings include De voluptate (1431), a philosophical dialogue on pleasure

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A lifeguard filmed himself plucking one from the waves at Bondi on New Years Day, and most recently, another parcel was found on Valla Beach in the mid-north coast in March.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

In a legal declaration, Caldwell said she had been attempting to comfort Valla by sharing a childhood experience of a car hitting her dog.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2023

Switzerland-based UBS, which has been lagging peers in the United States, said it hired Marco Valla, Jeff Hinton and Kurt Anthony from Barclays for its global banking teams in New York.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023

Valla “is a kind of philologist-hero,” she said, with a laugh.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

A thousand greetings to you, from your absent crab of a boy in Florence, Rafael Valla.

From Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader by McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell

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