Usage Note
Aquila is grammatically feminine — l'aquila — despite often symbolizing strength and power. The double-headed eagle (aquila bicipite) is a heraldic symbol, and Aquila reale is the golden eagle. In colloquial Italian, non è un'aquila ('he's no eagle') means someone is not very bright — a common idiom learners often miss.
Examples
"Un'aquila volteggiava sulle montagne."
Natural Translation
An eagle was circling over the mountains.
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