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PRONUNCIATION OF WAMPUM IN ITALIAN

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Wampum is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WAMPUM MEAN IN ITALIAN?

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Wampum

Wampum

A Wampum, or Sewan, is a belt used by Native American tribes of North-East America as a ritual and religious object and often exchanged as a testimony and bond when concluding treaties or reminding historical events. Although originally indicated only the wide belts, the habit of defining in wampum also other garments or ornaments, created using the same technique. Detail of wampum created by Elizabeth James Perry ... Un Wampum, o sewan, è una cintura utilizzata dalle tribù di nativi americani dell'America Nordorientale come oggetto rituale e religioso e spesso scambiato come testimonianza e vincolo durante la stipula di trattati o per ricordare avvenimenti storici. Anche se originariamente il termine indicava solo le larghe cinture, è invalsa l'abitudine di definire in wampum anche altri capi d'abbigliamento o ornamento, creati utilizzando la medesima tecnica. Particolare di wampum creati da Elizabeth James Perry...

Definition of wampum in the Italian dictionary

The definition of wampum in the dictionary is an ornament of shell fragments used by many tribes of redskins as a currency and as a medium of exchange.

La definizione di wampum nel dizionario è ornamento di frammenti di conchiglie usato presso numerose tribù di pellirosse come moneta e come mezzo di scambio.

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ITALIAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAMPUM


patapum
pa·ta·pum
pum
pum
ta-pum
ta·pum

ITALIAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAMPUM

wahlenbergia
walchiria
Walhalla
walk-over
walkie-cup
walkie-talkie
walkiria
walkman
Walser
walzer
wanted
wapiti
war game
warrant
wash-and-wear
wash-board
wasp
Wassermann
water
water-closet

ITALIAN WORDS THAT END LIKE WAMPUM

album
bum
continuum
curriculum
forum
hum
magnum
maximum
medium
memorandum
minimum
momentum
optimum
quantum
referendum
rum
symposium
tantum
tum
zum

Synonyms and antonyms of wampum in the Italian dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wampum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAMPUM

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Translator Italian - Chinese

贝壳念珠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Spanish

wampum
570 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - English

wampum
510 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Hindi

वाम्पम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Italian - Arabic

wampum
280 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Russian

ожерелье из раковин
278 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Portuguese

Wampum
270 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Bengali

Wampum
260 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - French

wampum
220 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Malay

uang
190 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - German

wampum
180 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Japanese

wampum
130 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Korean

조가비 구슬
85 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Javanese

wampum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Italian - Vietnamese

chuổi làm bằng vỏ sò
80 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Tamil

சோழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Marathi

संपत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Turkish

kızılderililerin para olarak kullandığı boncuklar
70 millions of speakers

Italian

wampum
65 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Polish

wampum
50 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Ukrainian

намисто з раковин
40 millions of speakers

Translator Italian - Romanian

wampum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Italian - Greek

νομίσματα των ερυθρόδερμων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Italian - Afrikaans

lyn van kralen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Italian - Swedish

wampum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Italian - Norwegian

wampum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wampum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAMPUM»

The term «wampum» is regularly used and occupies the 29.419 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Italian dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAMPUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Italian literature, quotes and news about wampum

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10 ITALIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «WAMPUM»

Discover the use of wampum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wampum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Italian literature.
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Storia della scrittura
AMERICHE: QUIPU E WAMPUM Fenici: dall'ideogramma alla consonante FENICI: DALL'IDEOGRAMMA. Nella civiltà incaica - e forse fin dalle epoche precedenti - l'usanza delle cordicelle annodate (quipu) si sviluppa in un complesso ...
‎2000
2
Alle origini della colonizzazione in Nord America: la ...
Tale funzione diplomatica naturalmente dava ai wampum anche un valore spirituale fortemente sentito dai nativi123. Questo valore attribuito alle conchiglie le rendeva particolarmente adatte per i commerci. I primi Olandesi a comprenderne le ...
Emanuela Usai, 2004
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Scritti e racconti degli indiani americani
Teniamo in mano quattordici fili di wampum purpurei. Li porgiamo a voi, uno per uno, — autori di molti libri di storia americana; scrittori di racconti di poco valore, imprecisi, non autentici, di grande effetto; e altri romanzieri che avete avvelenato  ...
Shirley Hill Witt, 1992
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La scrittura. Un viaggio attraverso il mondo dei segni
Le cinture wampum degli Irochesi del Nord America (figura 3) combinavano disegni e colori impiegati per la trasmissione di messaggi; venivano anche utilizzate in rituali, cerimonie, come moneta, e come ornamento personale. Le cinture ...
Albertine Gaur, 1997
5
Torrenti di primavera
«Il bisnonno di Corre all'Indietro una volta vendette l'intera isola di Manhattan per qualche wampum»2 spiegò Red Dog. «Molto interessante» disse Yogi. «Quei wampum costarono molto cari alla nostra famiglia.» Corre all'Indietro sorrise ...
Ernest Hemingway, 2011
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Debito. I primi 5000 anni
Il primo consiglio allora appurava se l'accusato era disposto a confessare il crimine e procedere alla riparazione: se lo era, il consiglio immediatamente inviava una cintura di wampum bianco, in suo nome, all'altro consiglio, nella quale era ...
David Graeber, 2012
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Sul sentiero di guerra. Scritti e testimonianze degli ...
Molte tribù, specialmente quelle che vivevano vicino al mare, si servivano dei wampum per gli scritti ideografici. Questi frammenti di conchiglie colorate venivano forati e uniti assieme fino a formare delle cinture, ma in modo che il disegno ...
Charles Hamilton, 2007
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Uomini e bestie. Il mondo salvato dagli animali
Così, oggi conosciamo il valore delle wampum- peag, chiamate anche e più semplicemente wampum . Si tratta di collanine di perle bianche e viola prodotte utilizzando le conchiglie di buccino (un mollusco gasteropode) e di vongola quahog ...
Ettore Tibaldi, 1998
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Il costume antico e moderno ovver storia del governo delle ...
... ed altri le ornano d' orecchini di argento, che talvolta loro pendono eziandio dalle nari, portando anche ora a tracolla, ed ora al collo delle fascie di tela coperte di wampum (a), ovvero di cannette di vetro disposte a disegno e di varii colori.
Giulio Ferrario, 1830
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Il *costume antico e moderno, ovvero Storia del governo, ...
Portano case pure orecchini, braccialetti ed altri consimili ornamenti, ed alcune poche hanno un berretto terminato in punta guernito di grani di vetro o di wampum. Allorché le donne sono giovani hanno una fisonomia graziosa , quantunque ...
‎1831

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAMPUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wampum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wampum Homecoming Weekend returns
The concert is sponsored by Wampum Area Homecoming Committee, Marshall Funeral Home and Wampum United Methodist Church. Wampum Area Lions ... «New Castle News, Jul 15»
2
Chief Wampum doesn't whine
I met Chief Wampum's mother. Let me explain. I wanted to see if Daddy could have a private room in the hospital. Having a roommate on the other side of a ... «Thomaston Times, Jul 15»
3
Pedestrian struck by car, thrown through store window in South …
The woman was walking on the sidewalk in front of Zero Wampum Store on Old Tower Hill Road when she was hit by a vehicle pulling into a parking space in ... «WPRI 12 Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
4
Scott Township man walks away from spectacular accident on …
Officers said McCliman was traveling west on Wampum Avenue toward Wayne Township near the 800 block when his vehicle went over the eastbound lane and ... «Ellwood City Ledger, Jul 15»
5
Wampum man shot Sunday morning
Pennsylvania State Police said Spencer Crow of New Brighton argued with a Wampum man about 5 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Rod & Gun Drive, Little ... «New Castle News, Jun 15»
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Dump truck overturns in Wampum
WAMPUM — Like a lot of people, Anthony Darrigo's wife, Nancy, spent part of ... By 9 a.m. Monday, that flower bed along Main Street in Wampum was under a ... «Ellwood City Ledger, May 15»
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All about the world's first LEGO wampum belt
NORTH BAY - Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Zimmer and Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee explained the treaty relationship ... «SooToday.com, May 15»
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Learn the Fascinating History of Wampum at the Shinnecock Museum
Wampum is a fascinating subject: the Shinnecock people fashioned local shells into beads that became the medium of currency among northeastern native ... «Curbed Hamptons, Mar 15»
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Lugene Pezzuto: Wampum reader shares recipes, memories
Hearing from Wampum resident Pat Huffman made my day. And getting neatly printed recipes on file cards bumped that feeling up a few more notches. Pat, who ... «New Castle News, Mar 15»
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Witch movie being filmed in Wampum mines
Halloween is over, but a witch hunt continues in Wampum's underground mines. The Wampum Underground Commerce Center is one site for a movie being ... «New Castle News, Nov 14»

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