citta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of citta
From Sanskrit
Example Sentences
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They stand to the more purist kinds of geometrical abstraction as the plan of a hill town does to a Renaissance citta ideale.
From Time Magazine Archive
Condemned in absentia to death by burning, Dante for the last 20 years of his life wandered in exile from the "bella citta" he loved.
From Time Magazine Archive
The virtù generativa degli uomini, which is always the same, is found face to face with the virtù nutritiva delle citta.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
In all these lives the same citta was always following him.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
It is recorded, that on the accession of his successor, Foscari, to the throne, “Si festeggio dalla citta uno anno intero:” “The city kept festival for a whole year.”
From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by John Ruskin
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