Associations to the word «Borgia»

Wiktionary

BORGIA, proper noun. A surname​.
BORGIA, proper noun. A prominent family during the Renaissance

Dictionary definition

BORGIA, noun. Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458).
BORGIA, noun. Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519).
BORGIA, noun. Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507).
BORGIA, noun. Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope