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By Michael San Filippo, About.com Guide to Italian Language since 1999

Bel Canto, Bella Lingua: The Italian Connection

Friday September 2, 2005
Just who is the prima donna?

Well, she's the principal female singer in an opera or concert organization! The term literally means "first lady," and has mutated in current usage to mean an extremely sensitive, vain, or undisciplined person.

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