gloria

/ˈɡloɾja/ · B1 · noun · f

glory

🏆 gloria = glory: swap the English -y for Spanish -ia (as in historia, victoria)

From Latin gloria, the same root as English glory. English -y often matches Spanish -ia: history/historia, victory/victoria, memory/memoria. Also heard in the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, glory to God in the highest.

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