Home › Words › F › fantasiafantasia/fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə/fantasia means A surname from Italian.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fantasia ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.fantasia is pronounced /fænˈteɪ.zɪ.ə/.EtymologyBorrowed from Italian Fantasia.nameA surname from Italian.nounA form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.e.g.“It is, however, a ceremony of immense antiquity, and the chief civil festival of the year among the Arabs, who love nothing more dearly than a "phantasia" of this sort.” — 1872 October 19, “The Cutting of the Nile: From The Pall Mall Gazette”, in Littel’s Living Age, volume XXVII (Fourth Series; volume CXV overall), number 1480, Boston, Mass.: Littel & Gay, →OCLC, page A traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).