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Pavia
[ pah-vee-ah ]
noun
- a city in N Italy, S of Milan: Charles V captured Francis I here.
Pavia
/ ˈpɑːvɪə /
noun
- a town in N Italy, in Lombardy: noted for its Roman and medieval remains, including the tomb of St Augustine. Pop: 71 214 (2001) Latin nameTicinum
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Although Christopher's father was only a poor wool comber, he managed to send his son to school at Pavia (pah-vea).
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Turner was acquainted with it: "Ryse groweth plentuously in watery myddowes between Myllane and Pavia."
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He had been a prisoner at Pavia with the King, and his life had been spent in the camp and the court.
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Pavia, thirty odd kilometres south of Milan, was ever a rival of the greater city of to-day.
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Pavias Certosa, on the road from Milan to Pavia, is its chief architectural splendour.
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