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Noun: Schiaparelli  skee,ó-pu're-lee
  1. Fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colours (1896-1973)
    - Elsa Schiaparelli
     
  2. Italian astronomer who first noted lines (which he called canals) on the surface of Mars (1835-1910)
    - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli

Type of: astronomer, clothes designer, couturier, designer, fashion designer, stargazer, uranologist

Encyclopedia: Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio