Associations to the word «Alla»

Wiktionary

ALLA, proper noun. A transliteration of the Russian female given name А́лла.
ALLA BREVE, noun. (music) a time signature when the half note is the beat and there are two beats per measure
ALLA MARCIA, noun. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in the style of a march, usually with a 2/4 or 4/4 beat with an accent on the down beat
ALLA MARCIA, noun. (music) A passage having this mark
ALLA MARCIA, adverb. (music) played in the style of a march
ALLA MARCIA, adjective. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats