Perugia

[pe-roo-jah, puh-roo-juh, -jee-uh]

noun

1. a city in central Umbria, in central Italy.

2. Lake of. Trasimeno.

Perugia

/ pəˈruːdʒə, peˈruːdʒa /

noun

1. Ancient name: Perusia. a city in central Italy, in Umbria: centre of the Umbrian school of painting (15th century); university (1308); Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 149 125 (2001)

2. another name for (Lake) Trasimene

Other Word Forms

• Perugian adjective

Example Sentences

Glazier Vincenzo Perugia hid the Renaissance masterpiece in his Paris home for two years before trying to sell the portrait to a Florentine dealer.

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Stylistic homages to Jeunet’s film are subtle and abundant throughout these eight episodes, particularly in scenes awash in the dreamy scenery and light unique to Perugia.

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A last-minute addition to the project after another performer dropped out, Van Patten had only about two months to prepare for the intense six-month shoot, in which she had to put herself in the skin of Knox, who was wrongfully convicted of the 2007 killing of her roommate Meredith Kercher during her year abroad in Perugia, Italy.

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Back in the fall of 2007, Knox was a 20-year-old student from Seattle, studying in Perugia and rooming with a young British woman named Meredith Kercher.

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Amanda Knox leaves a court hearing in Perugia on September 27, 2008.

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