Friuli

noun

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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Historical Examples

I lived in Friuli, about a day's journey from the Marshes of Udine.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Part of those who escaped retreated into Friuli, toward Vienna.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane
Mercury-Mines in Friuli, and the way of getting it out of the earth, 2.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666
Various
From this kingdom depended the three dukedoms of Friuli, Spoleto, and Beneventum.
The Cathedral Builders
Leader 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

Friuli

Examples from the Web for friuli

Historical Examples

I lived in Friuli, about a day's journey from the Marshes of Udine.

Part of those who escaped retreated into Friuli, toward Vienna.

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.

He was born in the district of Pordenone, in the Friuli, about the year 1286.