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campanile
noun
cam·pa·ni·le
ˌkam-pə-ˈnē-lē 
ˌkäm-,
-(ˌ)lā
especially of US structures also
ˌkam-pə-ˈnēl
plural campaniles or campanili
ˌkam-pə-ˈnē-lē
ˌkäm-,
-(ˌ)lā
: a usually freestanding bell tower
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Built in 1964, the tower looks like an oil rig topped with a Tuscan campanile.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2026
And so, farther downtown, employees of Metropolitan Life Insurance took speedy elevators up to their paperwork farms in an Italianate palace on Madison Square that featured a Venetian campanile.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Dec. 2025
Berkeley also appears on track to approve two more towers of comparable size and another that, at 28 stories, will be taller than the university’s famous campanile, which, at 307 feet, has defined the city’s skyline for more than a century.
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Daniel Duane,
New York Times,
30 May 2023
The throughput was only a few campanile probes per month.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
10 May 2017
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2026
And so, farther downtown, employees of Metropolitan Life Insurance took speedy elevators up to their paperwork farms in an Italianate palace on Madison Square that featured a Venetian campanile.
—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Dec. 2025
Berkeley also appears on track to approve two more towers of comparable size and another that, at 28 stories, will be taller than the university’s famous campanile, which, at 307 feet, has defined the city’s skyline for more than a century.
—
Daniel Duane,
New York Times,
30 May 2023
The throughput was only a few campanile probes per month.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
10 May 2017
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“Campanile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campanile. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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campanile
noun
cam·pa·ni·le
ˌkam-pə-ˈnē-lē
ˌkäm-
ˌkäm-
-(ˌ)lā
especially of U.S. structures also ˌkam-pə-ˈnē(ə)l
plural campaniles or campanili
: a bell tower
especially
: one built separate from another building
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