Ferrara

[ fuh-rahr-uh; Italian fer-rah-rah ]

noun
  1. a city in N Italy, near the Po River: medieval university and cathedral.

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How to use Ferrara in a sentence

  • He had a charming villa, shut in by a shady garden, a short distance from Ferrara; he moved thither with his wife and her mother.

  • And behold, one fine summer evening, unexpected by every one, Muzzio returned to Ferrara.

British Dictionary definitions for Ferrara

Ferrara

/ (fəˈrɑːrə, Italian ferˈrara) /


noun
  1. a city in N Italy, in Emilia–Romagna: a centre of the Renaissance under the House of Este; university (1391). Pop: 130 992 (2001)

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