Faenza

[fah-en-zuh; Italian fah-en-tsah]

noun

a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.

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Historical Examples of faenza

Cesare Borgia is lying at Faenza, and I could ride there in a day.
The Shame of Motley
Raphael Sabatini
But then, if it was Cesare, it could not be that he had seen Mariani, for he could not have ridden from Faenza.
The Shame of Motley
Raphael Sabatini
Might heaven please that he was even then on his way to Faenza.
The Shame of Motley
Raphael Sabatini
Pressing rapidly on, the French arrived the same day at Faenza.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 3, number 18
Various
She had acquainted her father with her design, and he hoped, on his son-in-law's death, to become lord of Faenza.
History Of Florence And Of The Affairs Of Italy
Niccolo Machiavelli

British Dictionary definitions for faenza

Faenza

noun

a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: famous in the 15th and 16th centuries for its majolica earthenware, esp faïence. Pop: 53 641 (2001)

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