Leaning Tower of Pisa

Leaning Tower of Pisa

English

the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Proper noun

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

1. A famous bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa, known for its irregular lean.
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.

   Synonym: Tower of Pisa

Translations

the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa

Afrikaans: Skewe Toring van Pisa Albanian: Kulla e pjerrët e Pizës f, Kulla e Pizës f Arabic: بُرْج بِيزَا اَلْمَائِل‎ m (burj bīzā l-māʾil) Armenian: Պիզայի աշտարակ (Pizayi aštarak), Պիզայի թեք աշտարակ (Pizayi tʿekʿ aštarak) Azerbaijani: Piza qülləsi Basque: Pisako dorre okertua, Pisako dorrea Belarusian: Пізанская вежа f (Pizanskaja vježa) Bengali: পিসার হেলানো মিনার (pisar helano minar), পিসা টাওয়ার (pisa ṭaoyar) Bulgarian: Наклонена кула в Пиза f (Naklonena kula v Piza) Burmese: ပီဆာမျှော်စင် (pihcahmyaucang) Catalan: Torre de Pisa f, Torre inclinada de Pisa f Chinese: Cantonese: 比薩斜塔 (bei2 saat3 ce4 taap3) Mandarin: 比薩斜塔／比萨斜塔 (zh) (Bǐsà Xiétǎ) Min Nan: Pisa Siâ Thah Corsican: Campanili tortu di Pisa m Czech: šikmá věž v Pise f, šikmá věž f Danish: Det skæve tårn i Pisa n Dhivehi: ޕީސާގެ ޓަވަރު‎ (pīsāge ṭavaru) Dutch: Toren van Pisa m Esperanto: oblikva turo de Pizo Estonian: Pisa torn Finnish: Pisan kalteva torni, Pisan torni French: tour penchée de Pise f, tour de Pise f Georgian: პიზის დახრილი კოშკი (ṗizis daxrili ḳošḳi), პიზის კოშკი (ṗizis ḳošḳi) German: Schiefer Turm von Pisa m Greek: Κεκλιμένος Πύργος της Πίζας m (Kekliménos Pýrgos tis Pízas), Πύργος της Πίζας m (Pýrgos tis Pízas) Gujarati: પીઝાનો ઢળતો મિનારો m (pījhāno ḍhaḷto mināro), પીઝાનો મિનારો m (pījhāno mināro) Hebrew: מִגְדָּל נָטוּי שֶׁל פִּיזָה‎ m (migdál natúy shel Píza), מִגְדָּל פִּיזָה‎ m (migdál Píza) Hindi: पीसा की मीनार m (pīsā kī mīnār) Hungarian: pisai ferde torony Icelandic: Skakki turninn í Písa m Indonesian: Menara Miring Pisa, Menara Pisa Interlingua: Turre Oblique Irish: Túr Claonta Pisa m Italian: torre pendente di Pisa f, torre di Pisa f, (informal) torre pendente f Japanese: ピサの斜塔 (ピサのしゃとう, Pisa no shatō) Kazakh: Пиза мұнарасы (Piza mūnarasy) Korean: 피사의 사탑 (pisaui satap) Latin: turris inclīnāta f Latvian: Pizas tornis m Lithuanian: Pizos bokštas m Macedonian: Кривата кула во Пиза f (Krivata kula vo Piza), Кулата во Пиза f (Kulata vo Piza) Malay: Menara Pisa, Menara Condong Pisa Malayalam: പിസയിലെ ചരിഞ്ഞ ഗോപുരം (pisayile cariñña gōpuraṃ) Marathi: पिसाचा कलता मनोरा m (pisācā kaltā manorā) Nepali: पिसाको लेनिङ टावर (pisāko leniṅ ṭāwar) Norman: Tou d'Pîse f Norwegian: Bokmål: Det skjeve tårn i Pisa n, Det skjeve tårnet i Pisa n Nynorsk: Det skeive tårnet i Pisa n Ossetian: Пизӕйы мӕсыг (Pizæjy mæsyg) Persian: برج کج پیزا‎ (borj-e kaj-e pizâ) Polish: Krzywa Wieża w Pizie f Portuguese: Torre de Pisa f Punjabi: ਪੀਸਾ ਦੀ ਝੁਕੀ ਹੋਈ ਮੀਨਾਰ m (pīsā dī jhukī hoī mīnār), ਪੀਸਾ ਦੀ ਮੀਨਾਰ m (pīsā dī mīnār) Romanian: Turnul înclinat din Pisa n Russian: Пиза́нская ба́шня f (Pizánskaja bášnja), Па́дающая ба́шня f (Pádajuščaja bášnja) Scots: Leanin Touer o Pisa, Touer o Pisa Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ко̑сӣ то́рањ у Писи m, Кри̑вӣ то́рањ у Писи m Roman: Kȏsī tóranj u Pisi m, Krȋvī tóranj u Pisi m Silesian: Ekńynto Wjeża we Piśe f Slovak: šikmá veža v Pise f, veža v Pise f, pisanská veža f, piská veža f Spanish: Torre inclinada de Pisa f Sundanese: Munara Pisa Swedish: lutande tornet i Pisa n Tagalog: Nakahilig na Tore ng Pisa, Tore ng Pisa Tamil: பீசாவின் சாய்ந்த கோபுரம் (pīcāviṉ cāynta kōpuram) Telugu: పీసా టవర్ (pīsā ṭavar) Thai: หอเอนเมืองปิซา Tibetan: པེའུ་ས་མཚོད་རྟེན་གསེག་མ། (pe'u sa mtshod rten gseg ma) Turkish: Pisa Kulesi Ukrainian: Піза́нська ве́жа f (Pizánsʹka véža) Urdu: پیسا ٹاور‎ Vietnamese: Tháp nghiêng Pisa West Frisian: Toer fan Pisa, skeve Toer fan Pisa Western Panjabi: پیسا ٹاور‎

Further reading

• Leaning Tower of Pisa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia