ATTILA

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• ATTILA (noun)
  The noun ATTILA has 1 sense:

1. king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)

  Familiarity information: ATTILA used as a noun is very rare.

• ATTILA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Attila; Attila the Hun; Scourge of God; Scourge of the Gods

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

 Context examples 

What devil or what witch was ever so great as Attila, whose blood is in these veins? He held up his arms.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)