Palestriʹna or Pelestrina.

An island nearly south of Venice, noted for its glass-houses.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, called “The Prince of Music.” (1529–1594.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Palamon and Arcite
Palatinate
Palaver
Pale
Pale Faces
Palemon
Palermo Razors
Palēs
Palestine Soup
Palestra
Palestrina or Pelestrina
Paletot [pal-e-to]
Palimpsest
Palindrome
Palinode
Palinurus (in English, Palinure)
Palissy Ware
Pall
Pall-bearers
Pall Mall
Pallace