Liguria

[ li-gyoor-ee-uh ]

/ lɪˈgyʊər i ə /

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noun

a region in NW Italy. 2,099 sq. mi. (5,435 sq. km).

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Words nearby Liguria

lig snail, ligula, ligulate, ligule, ligure, Liguria, Ligurian, Ligurian Republic, Ligurian Sea, ligustrum, Li Hung-chang

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How to use Liguria in a sentence

If so, there may have been Slavonians on the frontier of Liguria.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
The letter also reported the most positive information, that the Batavia was bound for Liguria.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
Sebastian Brant clearly states that the French brought it with them, and that it spread first over Liguria.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
They were lads from the Milanese and Liguria, and they spent a great portion of their time in composing and singing poetry.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series|John Addington Symonds

Named from the country Liguria, where the officinal Lovage of the gardens abounds.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for Liguria

Liguria

/ (lɪˈɡjʊərɪə) /

noun

a region of NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean): the third smallest of the regions of Italy. Pop: 1 572 197 (2003 est). Area: 5410 sq km (2089 sq miles)

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