nightingale

Speech parts

1. nightingale - Noun

2. Nightingale - Proper noun

Meaning

A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.

A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Luscinia megarhynchos singer warbler songbird songster Florence Nightingale philomel mockingbird thrush bulbul artist milanese meadowlark voice musician
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Hypernyms

thrush

Hyponyms

bulbul

Phrases with the word

Florence Nightingale effect nightingale reed warbler nightingale-wren

Examples

Among the compositions that were issued on the Pleyela piano rolls are The Rite of Spring, Petrushka, The Firebird and Song of the Nightingale. Source: Internet

A later painting, Keats, at Hampstead, when he first imagined his Ode to a Nightingale (1851), is also notable. Source: Internet

At the end of the activity, 200 balloons were released into the air in recognition of the 200 birth day of Florence Nightingale. Source: Internet

Ant and Dec have paid tribute to NHS staff and frontline workers in the battle with coronavirus at the opening of the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East. Source: Internet

An NHS boss has said a new Nightingale Hospital being built in the North East of England will not need to open if people maintain social distancing rules. Source: Internet

Annie Nightingale is on Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 at 11am today. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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