Cavour

American

[kah-voor] / kɑˈvur /

noun

Camillo Benso di 1810–61, Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy.

Cavour British

/ kaˈvur /

noun

Conte Camillo Benso di (kaˈmillo ˈbɛnzo di).1810–61, Italian statesman and premier of Piedmont-Sardinia (1852–59; 1860–61): a leader of the movement for the unification of Italy

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Accompanying Heckingbottom in the dugout will be Jason Tindall, for years Eddie Howe’s bagman at Bournemouth and briefly his successor, and Alan Knill, for many year’s Wilder’s Cavour to the 100% Blade’s Garibaldi.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2021

Cavour was determined to increase Piedmont-Sardinia’s power, and he used Italian nationalism to do it.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

This Sunday it took place in Grinzane Cavour Castle with live satellite links to Hong Kong and Dubai.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2017

At the Cavour there is real art on the walls, 1960s light fixtures in the stairwells, mirrors etched with stylized views of the city’s main piazzas at each elevator landing.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2011

“That was awfully cheeky of you. This isn’t the Cavour is it?”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

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