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Faenza

[fah-en-zuh; Italian fah-en-tsah]
noun
  1. a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
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Examples from the Web for faenza

Historical Examples

  • Cesare Borgia is lying at Faenza, and I could ride there in a day.

    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

  • 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

  • Pressing rapidly on, the French arrived the same day at Faenza.

  • She had acquainted her father with her design, and he hoped, on his son-in-law's death, to become lord of Faenza.

British Dictionary definitions for faenza

Faenza

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)
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