Croce

American

[kraw-che] / ˈkrɔ tʃɛ /

noun

Benedetto 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.

Croce British

/ ˈkroːtʃe /

noun

Benedetto (beneˈdetto). 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, critic, and statesman: an opponent of Fascism, he helped re-establish liberalism in postwar Italy

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Whitley, Kristofferson, Prine, Jim Croce — that’s what he’d have playing in the car.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

The upcoming spring crop in Brazil, which produces a third of the world's coffee, is now "crucial", according to Mr Croce.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

A memorial tablet, with a record of the artist’s birth, is in the Church of Santa Croce in the town of Vinci, about 30 miles from Florence, Italy, where the baptism most likely took place.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Christine Croce was an assistant criminal prosecutor in Summit County and part of the team on the Brotherhood case.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2023

Then he would bring together his drove by dint of shouts and stones, and drive them into the stable beyond the "poggio alla Croce."

From Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga by Verga, Giovanni

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