Chiusi

[ kyoo-see ]

/ ˈkyu si /

a town in central Italy, in Tuscany; Etruscan tombs.

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Question 1 of 7

What does “clement” mean?

Ancient Clusium.

I shall mention one, discovered not many years ago in the328 cemetery of Mustiola at Chiusi.
Pagan and Christian Rome|Rodolfo Lanciani
There is the lake of Chiusi, set like a jewel underneath the copse-clad hills which hide the dust of a dead Tuscan nation.
New Italian sketches|John Addington Symonds
Unlike the other tombs of Chiusi the sandstone walls have been whitened, and even so the figures are hardly distinguishable.
A Little Pilgrimage in Italy|Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter
The pamphlet is by the eminent physiologist, Mantegazza, and was published by Chiusi, of Milan.
Vivisection|Albert Leffingwell

Niccolo, pursuing his good fortune, took Rassina and Chiusi.
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy|Niccolo Machiavelli