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.
[ 2 syll. bel-la, be-lla ] The baby girl name Bella is pronounced BEHL-aa- â . Bella is of Germanic, Latin, Italian, and Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in the English, German, Italian, Scottish, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian languages.