camilla

/kaˈmiʝa/ · B2 · noun · f

stretcher

🚑 camilla = a little bed (cama + -illa) you carry the sick on

Camilla comes from cama (bed) plus the diminutive -illa, so it literally means little bed. A stretcher is just a small portable bed. Think cama (bed) and you can recall camilla (stretcher).

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