Aosta

British  

/ aˈɔsta /

noun

1. a town in NW Italy, capital of Valle d'Aosta region: Roman remains. Pop: 34 062 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Pogacar dedicated his third stage win on this year's Tour - and his 20th overall - to Samuele Privitera, the 19-year-old Italian development rider who died after a crash at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta on Wednesday.

From BBC

South of Zermatt, power outages were reported in 37 of the 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley in north-west Italy, and a bridge collapsed in Biella in nearby Piedmont.

From BBC

They first meet in the summer of 1984, when Pietro’s parents — the family lives in Turin — rent an apartment in a village in the Aosta Valley, a shockingly beautiful swathe of the Italian Alps that borders both France and Switzerland.

From New York Times

“This is particularly true of inner-Alpine dry valleys such as the Aosta Valley in northwestern Italy, already affected by significant water stress.”

From Seattle Times

Now regions such as Val d'Aosta in the far north of Italy, famous for its ski resorts and mountains, can produce their own oil.

From Reuters