What is Lupara in Italian?
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What is Lupara in Italian?
The word lupara means literally “for the wolf”, reflecting its traditional use in wolf hunting. The word achieved wider recognition through Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel The Godfather in which the lupara is used extensively by the mafia in Sicily, including Michael Corleone’s bodyguards in Sicily, Calo and Fabrizio.
What city is Molise?
Molise (UK: /mɒˈliːzeɪ/, US: /ˈmoʊlizeɪ, moʊˈliːzeɪ/, Italian: [moˈliːze]; Molisano: Mulise) is a region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo….Molise.
| Molise Mulise (Neapolitan) | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Capital | Campobasso |
| Government | |
| • President | Donato Toma (FI) |
How do you pronounce lupara?
Pronunciation
- IPA: /luˈpa.ra/
- Rhymes: -ara.
- Hyphenation: lu‧pà‧ra.
What does Molise mean in Italian?
/ (Italian moˈliːze) / noun. a region of S central Italy, the second smallest of the regions: separated from Abruzzi e Molise in 1965.
Is Molise worth visiting?
Molise is filled with incredible historic sites just as good as those of Rome and other Italian rockstars, but it’s not always easy to visit them. Lack of regional funds means that some sites are closed, especially in smaller towns, and you need to look for the keeper in order to visit them.
What does lupare lupare mean?
( Lupare is the plural of lupara, so the phrase means “twelve buckshots of lupara”). From the word lupara comes the Italian expression lupara bianca (white lupara), a term especially used by journalists to refer to a mafia-style slaying in which the victim’s body is deliberately destroyed or hidden.
What is white lupara?
From the word lupara comes the Italian expression lupara bianca (white lupara), a term especially used by journalists to refer to a mafia-style slaying in which the victim’s body is deliberately destroyed or hidden.
What is a lupara gun?
Lupara can indicate also the type of ammunition fired by this gun, usually #3 or #4 buck. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, in his novel The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), writes: “…they found him dead…with twelve bullets in his back”— …lo hanno trovato morto…con dodici lupare nella schiena.
How many luparas were found at the murder scene?
After Chief Hennessy was shot in an ambush, four luparas were found at the murder scene. The murder punctuated a rivalry between gangs of Sicilian fruit company stevedores whose contracts did not fall under the auspices of the local longshoreman’s union.
