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stanza

Pronunciation: /ˈstænzə/

The English word “stanza” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
  2. An apartment or division in a building.
  3. An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.
  4. A section of a configuration file consisting of a related group of lines.
  5. A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.
  6. A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.

Etymology

From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.

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