Alessandria
Americannoun
noun
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The choir, from the northern Italian province of Alessandria, is led by two doctors, biologist Stefania Crivellari and onocologist Federica Grosso.
From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2022
The Alessandria area has had a higher-than normal rate of mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos in the past from a now-closed factory in the town of Casale Monferrato.
From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2022
Umberto Eco was born Jan. 5, 1932, in Alessandria, a small city in northwestern Italy.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2016
Beginning alphabetically with Alessandria Province he appointed married men to replace the bachelor mayors of several towns ending in "o."
From Time Magazine Archive
His messenger was delayed three days by the military operations; but when he arrived, on the sixteenth, Maret wrung from Napoleon concessions which included Antwerp, Mainz, and even Alessandria.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
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