It's the latin name for the Common Hazel, named after the town of Avella by (according to Wikipedia) Linnaeus, from Leonhart Fuchs's De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (1542), where the species was described as "Avellana nux sylvestris" ("wild nut of Avella").
Eli, a Bologna non ci sono mai stato. Ma ho visto il Palazzo dei Banchi sul tuo Flickr :-) Infatti devo tornare in Italia per un lavorino ma attendo la casa editrice a dirmi quando. Ci vediamo alla fontana?
Wow, you ask questions in threes ... are you a game show host?! I spent 3 years in Italy, up until fairly recently. I studied Italian for the first half of my time there and then wrote a couple of books. In the end I left because I'd done what I set out to do, and because it's hard to get long-term legal status when you are extracommunitario. But I have plenty of excuses to go back, which is good!
It's the latin name for the Common Hazel, named after the town of Avella by (according to Wikipedia) Linnaeus, from Leonhart Fuchs's De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (1542), where the species was described as "Avellana nux sylvestris" ("wild nut of Avella").
It also sounds pretty!
Ciao Eli. Forza con la traduzione! E' certo che la concentrazione e' necessaria. Ti aspettiamo con una triste pazienza :-7
Ma dove ti nascondi ora?
Eli, a Bologna non ci sono mai stato. Ma ho visto il Palazzo dei Banchi sul tuo Flickr :-) Infatti devo tornare in Italia per un lavorino ma attendo la casa editrice a dirmi quando.
Ci vediamo alla fontana?
Wow, you ask questions in threes ... are you a game show host?! I spent 3 years in Italy, up until fairly recently. I studied Italian for the first half of my time there and then wrote a couple of books. In the end I left because I'd done what I set out to do, and because it's hard to get long-term legal status when you are extracommunitario. But I have plenty of excuses to go back, which is good!
*lifts one ear*
Not many, if you count only people who comment on words, it's just you and me...
Oh wow, now we can say very bad things about Wordies in our secret language!
Italian Wordie? Me too! Time to create a club and colonize this place.
You're very welcome--and welcome to Wordie. :-)