Siena

[ see-en-uh; Italian sye-nah ]

noun

1. a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, south of Florence: known for its cathedral.

Siena

/ ˈsjɛːna; sɪˈɛnə /

noun

1. a walled city in central Italy, in Tuscany: founded by the Etruscans; important artistic centre (13th–14th centuries); university (13th century). Pop: 52 625 (2001)

Example Sentences

Church bells pealed from St. Catherine of Siena parish one block away.

From The Daily Beast

I went to Siena, which was cast as Perugia, for a cameo role as a television journalist in the film.

From The Daily Beast

In the scenic town of Siena, the resident mortal remains take an even more morbid turn.

From The Daily Beast

Upon arriving back in Siena, her body parts re-materialized.

From The Daily Beast

So thieves snuck into Rome and smuggled her head and thumb back to Siena.

From The Daily Beast

And for that reason she was taken to Siena, where some villainous Italian doctor was bribed to render her deaf and dumb.

From Project Gutenberg

Only Pisa, glorying in the strength of the sea and the splendour of war, was Ghibelline, with Siena on her sunny hills.

From Project Gutenberg

For this Siena was lopped like a lily on her hills, and Lucca pruned like her own olive trees, and Pistoia gathered in the plain.

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With one he went to Siena to assist him in some fresco painting he had to do there.

From Project Gutenberg

The next work of this sculptor was a pulpit for the Cathedral of Siena.

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