Friuli
- a historic region of SW Europe, between the Carnic Alps and the Gulf of Venice: the W part (Venetian Friuli) was ceded by Austria to Italy in 1866 and Eastern Friuli in 1919; in 1947 Eastern Friuli (except Gorizia) was ceded to Yugoslavia
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Examples from the Web for friuli
Historical Examples of friuli
I lived in Friuli, about a day's journey from the Marshes of Udine.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
Part of those who escaped retreated into Friuli, toward Vienna.
The Life of Napoleon BonaparteWilliam Milligan Sloane
Mercury-Mines in Friuli, and the way of getting it out of the earth, 2.
From this kingdom depended the three dukedoms of Friuli, Spoleto, and Beneventum.
The Cathedral BuildersLeader Scott
He was born in the district of Pordenone, in the Friuli, about the year 1286.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16)Sabine Baring-Gould