Calvino

American

[kal-vee-noh, kahl-vee-naw] / kælˈvi noʊ, kɑlˈvi nɔ /

noun

Italo 1923–85, Italian novelist.

Calvino British

/ kælˈviːnəʊ /

noun

Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)

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The front-runners among the five candidates to replace him are Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, a liberal European Commission vice president in charge of the key competition portfolio, and Spain's socialist Finance Minister Nadia Calvino.

From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2023

STC had contacted the Spanish government on Tuesday to inform it of the deal, which would make STC the Spanish telecom's largest shareholder, acting economy minister Nadia Calvino said in Brussels on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said the government is trying to increase the supply of public housing which at 300,000 homes is just 3% of total housing compared to 9% in the European Union.

From Reuters • Apr. 18, 2023

"I think we cannot just turn our back to China and try to ignore it," Calvino told an Atlantic Council event in Washington, D.C.

From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2023

How townes or cities are easelie wonne; How duke Valentine got the citie of Urbine; The besieged ought to take heede of the deciptes and policies of the enemie; How Domitio Calvino wan a towne.

From Machiavelli, Volume I by Dacres, Edward

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