1. 1  a rigid plate, usually of steel in the shape of an arc of a cylinder, coated on the outside of its curved surface with a friction-producing material and tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action.
La vita Ã¨ bella redirects here. For other uses, see La vita Ã¨ bella (disambiguation). Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita Ã¨ bella [la ËviËta É bËbÉlla]) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami.
Bella is a female name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in-bella, such as Isabella and Annabella. Bella is related to the Italian and Latin words for beauty. It is also related to the name Belle, which means beauty in French. Despite meaning beauty, Bella is also translated in Latin meaning wars.However, this similarity is a simple case of a homonym brought about by the similar conjugations of bellus, meaning beautiful, and bellum, meaning war.Bella may also refer to:espite meaning beauty, Bella is also translated in Latin meaning wars. However, this similarity is a simple case of a homonym brought about by the similar conjugations of bellus, meaning beautiful, and bellum, meaning war.