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Fiume

American  
[fyoo-me] / ˈfju mɛ /

noun

  1. Italian name of Rijeka.


Fiume British  
/ ˈfiuːme /

noun

  1. the Italian name for Rijeka

"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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Ms. Fiume, 45, started her classroom menagerie in 2003, shortly after arriving at I.S.

From New York Times Jun. 24, 2016

In September, Ms. Fiume is moving downstairs so that Bentley the giant tortoise can have a bigger pen.

From New York Times Jun. 24, 2016

In 1906, for instance, the great British armaments firms of Vickers and Armstrong-Whitworth purchased the Whitehead Company, including both its Fiume and Weymouth branches.

From Salon Jan. 26, 2014

In her letter to the museum, Dr Indrimi said there were only around 500 Jews in Fiume at the time, far fewer than the 5,000 previously thought.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2013

"I suppose so, though Fiume is not my birth-place."

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.

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