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Galofalo

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(It. gä lô′fä lô)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ga•lo•fa•lo  (It. gä lô′fä lô),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. modern name of Charybdis. 
Also, Garofalo. 
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Cha•ryb•dis  (kə rib′dis),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the NE coast of Sicily. Modern, Galofalo, Garofalo. 
  2. Mythology[Class. Myth.]a daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later identified with the whirlpool Charybdis. Cf. Scylla (def. 2).
Cha•ryb′di•an, adj. 

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