Brescia

American  

[bre-shah] / ˈbrɛ ʃɑ /

noun

1. a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.

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Brescia British  

/ ˈbrɛʃʃa /

noun

1. Ancient name: Brixia.  a city in N Italy, in Lombardy: at its height in the 16th century. Pop: 187 567 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• Brescian adjective

Example Sentences

These included a 31-year-old who fell while working in a quarry in the Brescia area, and a construction worker, 63, who died nearly two months after an accident near Naples, the union said.

From Barron's

"The whole concept of third-country removal has to be seen in light of the broader concept of asylum," says Prof Ray Brescia, from the Albany Law School in the US.

From BBC

The Brescia Carabinieri said she was an unsuspecting figure, whose religious role allowed her "free access to the penitentiary facilities".

From BBC

Today, Trump’s lawyers will try to “defend the indefensible… and they may just succeed,” Albany Law School's Ray Brescia tells the BBC.

From BBC

“In a perverse way, the more difficult she makes it, she might actually help Smith in the end,” Brescia wrote.

From Salon