Modena

[ mohd-n-uh; Italian maw-de-nah ]

/ ˈmoʊd n ə; Italian ˈmɔ dɛ nɑ /

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noun

a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.

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Words nearby Modena

model minority, Model T, model theory, modem, modem session, Modena, moderate, moderate breeze, moderate gale, moderate-income, moderately

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How to use Modena in a sentence

A gift from the Modena-based car-maker, the SUV has wheel wells and a nose splattered with the psychedelic swirls of Damien Hirst’s spin paintings, at Bottura’s request.
Massimo Bottura Wants You to Stop Wasting Your Food|Aryn Baker|January 7, 2022|Time
His culinary empire now extends from Dubai to Beverly Hills, with a new hotel in Modena that serves as an extension of his own home, with walls hung with works by Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.
Massimo Bottura Wants You to Stop Wasting Your Food|Aryn Baker|January 7, 2022|Time
Indeed Leon Da Modena, the legendary scholar of the 16th century, advised his congregants not to wear head coverings.
In Italy, a Traditional Jewish Lifestyle is Disappearing|Anna Momigliano|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His upcoming exhibitions include shows in Modena, Italy, Salzburg, and Brussels.
SJP Tries Reality TV|Ross Bleckner|June 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Later, the square tower was crowned with an octagonal turret, sometimes with a conical roof, as in Cremona and Modena cathedrals.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
Wants to wear the boots just once, she says, to lay the ghost of this what's-her-name—Maria Modena.
The Medici Boots|Pearl Norton Swet
Then travelling with his new partners by the road through Modena, he reached Venice in July 1747.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
Louis, however, had a grudge of some sort against the d'Elbœufs, and Mary of Modena was chosen instead.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge
He professed to have copied this piece from an antique dug up with his own hands in the environs of Modena.
Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown

British Dictionary definitions for Modena

Modena

/ (Italian ˈmɔːdena) /

noun

a city in N Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: ruled by the Este family (18th–19th century); university (1678). Pop: 175 502 (2001)Ancient name: Mutina

(sometimes not capital) a popular variety of domestic fancy pigeon originating in Modena

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