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Ferrara

American  
[fuh-rahr-uh, fer-rah-rah] / fəˈrɑr ə, fɛrˈrɑ rɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Italy, near the Po River: medieval university and cathedral.


Ferrara British  
/ fəˈrɑːrə, ferˈrara /

noun

  1. a city in N Italy, in Emilia–Romagna: a centre of the Renaissance under the House of Este; university (1391). Pop: 130 992 (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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As for Wunderle, Kimmerle says, the business wound down in the 1980s, while Goelitz was eventually renamed Jelly Belly in 2001, and acquired by Ferrara Candy in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

"These engravings are organized and consistent, and show mastery of geometric relationships," Ferrara explains.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

"These signs reveal a surprisingly structured, geometric way of thinking," says Silvia Ferrara, Professor at the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, who coordinated the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Ferrara: It all happened in 72 hours, so I don’t know how it was pulled off.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn had both been very good to Yossarian, Milo said; hadn’t they given him a medal after the last mission to Ferrara and promoted him to captain?

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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