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bolgia

/ˈboʊldʒə/

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian bolgia (“ditch, trench”), from Old French bolge, bouge, from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Doublet of budge and bulge.

noun bolgias · bolge

Any of the divisions of the eighth circle of Hell, Malebolge, in Dante's Divine Comedy.

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@misc{bolgia_2026,
  title = {bolgia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bolgia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}