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FG
FHA
FHLB
FHSA
fiacre
fiancé
fiancée
fianchetto
Fianna
Fianna Fáil
fiasco
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fiat money
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fianchetto

fi·an·chet·to [ f ən chéttō, f ən kéttō ]


noun  (plural fi·an·chet·tos or fi·an·chet·ti [ f ən ché t, fən ké t ])
Definition:
 
chess move of bishop: in chess, the initial movement development of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight's file



transitive verb  (past and past participle fi·an·chet·toed, present participle fi·an·chet·to·ing, 3rd person present singular fi·an·chet·tos)
Definition:
 
move bishop: to move a bishop using a fianchetto

[Mid-19th century. < Italian, "little flank" < fianco "flank"]
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