Cremona

[kri-moh-nuh, kre-maw-nah]

noun

1. a city in N Italy, on the Po River.

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

Cremona

/ kreˈmoːna /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Eventually, a journey with twists and turns took her to Cremona in northern Italy — a famed hub for violin makers, including masters like Antonio Stradivari, since the 16th century.

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In his early 20s, he moved to Cremona, Italy — a city long known for its master luthiers — to study violin making.

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These are currently stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degrees Celsius in Berlin, Germany, and Cremona, Italy, awaiting embryo transfer into southern white rhino surrogate mothers.

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This year’s Roads of Friendship concert series will launch on July 7 in Ravenna, and feature the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra founded by Muti, the Cremona Ancient Choir as well as Jordanian musicians.

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His ability to transform experiences from his past is evident in an ongoing project at the church of San Carlo, in the medieval town of Cremona, in Italy’s Po valley.

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