a language used in ancient times along the northwest coast of the Ligurian Sea, widely believed to belong to the Indo-European language family.
Also called Genoese. a Romance language of northern Italy, spoken primarily in Liguria but unrelated to ancient Ligurian.
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Little shows this more than the club's nickname 'Xeneize', which comes from the Ligurian dialect word for Genoese.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
Before the war began in February 2022, Italy's beaches and ports were a popular playground for wealthy Russians who bought properties in prime locations such as Lake Como, Sardinia, Tuscany and the Ligurian coast.
From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2023
You take a taste of the cheese from Puglia, glistening with fruity Ligurian olive oil and sparked with cracked pepper, and it’s as if you’re eating the combination for the first time.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023
Just seven miles across the French-Italian border, I stopped in Ventimiglia, Italy, a charming resort town on the Ligurian coast between the Italian Riviera and the Cote d'Azur.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022
But I was curious, because when w ere we ever going to get the chance to sail around the Ligurian Sea on some bloke’s private yacht?
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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