Pavia

[ pah-vee-ah ]

noun

1. a city in N Italy, S of Milan: Charles V captured Francis I here.

Pavia

/ ˈpɑːvɪə /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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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