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/səˈprɑː.nəʊ/

/-ˈpræn.oʊ/ n [C] (plural sopranos)

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a woman or girl with a voice which can sing the highest notes

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(Definition of soprano noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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