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Faenza

American  
[fah-en-zuh, fah-en-tsah] / fɑˈɛn zə, fɑˈɛn tsɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.


Faenza British  
/ faˈɛntsa /

noun

  1. 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)

"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 city of Faenza has been the worst-affected, with the levels of the two rivers crossing it rising rapidly overnight.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

De Vries and Tsunoda drive for AlphaTauri, which is based in Faenza, a city close to the Imola track and which has been flooded.

From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023

“Unfortunately, our town of Faenza has once again experienced significant rainfall and subsequent flooding,” the team said on Twitter.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023

The truth about dead birds falling from the sky People flocked to see the latest round of dead birds—"heaped in flower beds" and "horribly hung from trees like Christmas ornaments"—in Faenza, Italy.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2011

He had one experience like this with the Orsini soldiers, when he attacked Bologna after the seizure of Faenza and saw them go reluctantly into that battle.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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