Friuli-Venezia Giulia

American  

[free-oo-lee-ve-ne-tsyah joo-lyah] / friˈu li vɛˈnɛ tsyɑ ˈdʒu lyɑ /

noun

1. a region in NE Italy: formerly part of Venezia Giulia, most of which was ceded to Yugoslavia (now Croatia and Slovenia) in 1947. 2,947 sq. mi. (7,630 sq. km).

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia British  

/ ˈdʒuːlja /

noun

1. a region of NE Italy, formed in 1947 from Venetian Friuli and part of Eastern Friuli . Capital: Trieste. Pop: 1 191 588 (2003 est). Area: 7851 sq km (3031 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Its more recent manifestation began where Friuli-Venezia Giulia in northeastern Italy meets the border of Slovenia.

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Massimiliano Fedriga, president of the northern region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, warned that “social tensions could flare” if Capri, which had avoided outbreaks, and other islands received special treatment.

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Friuli, or Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the region of Italy east of Venice that nudges Slovenia, is flourishing wine country with a particularly rustic cuisine that has some Eastern European touches.

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From Sicily, south of the Italian mainland, to Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the northeast and the Valle d’Aosta in the northwest, Italy is overflowing with fascinating, distinctive white wines.

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Far more wonderful examples exist, particularly in Georgia, Slovenia and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

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