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Ligurian Republic

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noun

  1. the republic in NW Italy set up by Napoleon in 1797, incorporated into France in 1805, and united with the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1814.


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The rulers of France might be excused for asking at this moment—Does the lecturer of the Ligurian Republic mean to be our Washington, our Monk, or our Cromwell?

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

The title was re-established in 1802 for the Ligurian Republic, but was abolished in 1805.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Ligurian Republic, a name given by Bonaparte to the republic of Genoa, founded in 1797.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

On 4th June he annexed outright the Genoese or Ligurian Republic.

From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose

In June of the same year, in response to a petition which Napoleon himself had instigated, the Ligurian Republic was proclaimed an integral part of the French empire.

From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

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