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Alessandria

American  
[ah-les-sahn-dree-ah] / ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn dri ɑ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Italy, in Piedmont.


Alessandria British  
/ alesˈsandrja /

noun

  1. a town in NW Italy, in Piedmont. Pop: 85 438 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The choir, from the northern Italian province of Alessandria, is led by two doctors, biologist Stefania Crivellari and onocologist Federica Grosso.

From Reuters Jun. 8, 2022

They sang at the beginning and the end of the audience and Grosso said they got good seats through the help of a nun from Alessandria who works with the group.

From Reuters Jun. 8, 2022

Umberto Eco was born Jan. 5, 1932, in Alessandria, a small city in northwestern Italy.

From Washington Post Feb. 20, 2016

Zibibbo is a Sicilian name for the grape better known as Moscato di Alessandria, or Muscat of Alexandria.

From Washington Post

Chivasso and Asti; it is also connected by steam tramways with Alessandria, Vercelli and Montemagno.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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