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Alessandria

American  
[ah-les-sahn-dree-ah] / ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn dri ɑ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Italy, in Piedmont.


Alessandria British  
/ alesˈsandrja /

noun

  1. a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)

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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

They sang at the beginning and the end of the audience and Grosso said they got good seats through the help of a nun from Alessandria who works with the group.

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

Meanwhile Massena has taken possession of Alessandria, with all its stores.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe