Cremona

[ kri-moh-nuh; Italian kre-maw-nah ]

/ krɪˈmoʊ nə; Italian krɛˈmɔ nɑ /

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noun

a city in N Italy, on the Po River.

one of a class of violins of superior quality made there during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

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How to use Cremona in a sentence

The instruments, known collectively as Cremonese violins after Cremona, the home of their makers, are some of the most sought-after objects on the planet.
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A Cremona Violin is, to a rich amateur, a loadstone that is sure to attract the shining metal from the depths of his purse.
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Like pictures, the Cremona Violins are real works of art, and like them also, were once to be had for trifling sums.
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Cremona has lost its most famous names from among its citizens, and with them its most distinguished characteristic.
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It is now about three centuries since there flourished at Cremona its first great violin maker.
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It is not exactly so, but is still very different to the gradual swell on the other Cremona instruments.
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British Dictionary definitions for Cremona

Cremona

/ (Italian kreˈmoːna) /

noun

a city in N Italy, in Lombardy on the River Po: noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th–18th centuries. Pop: 70 887 (2001)

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