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noun, feminine

elegía

/eleˈxia/

noun, feminine/eleˈxia/plural: elegías

elegy

Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (ᾠδή) (elegeía (ōidḗ), literally “elegiac song”), from the feminine form of ἐλεγείος (elegeíos), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “mournful poem”).