Prato

[ prah-taw ]

/ ˈprɑ tɔ /

noun

a city in central Italy, near Florence.

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Also called Pra·to in To·sca·na

[een taw-skah-nah] /in tɔˈskɑ nɑ/.

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Example sentences from the Web for prato

The second work in which Donatello took his inspiration exclusively from childhood is at Prato.
Donatello|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
At Prato the monuments of this class have been photographed, and are well known.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various
The first edition is in five volumes quarto; but I have made use of that printed at Prato, 1806, in twenty octavo volumes.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
But if the capo d'opera of sculptured child-life be excluded, the Prato Pulpit will always retain a well-deserved popularity.
Donatello|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

A beautiful glimpse of Prato can be seen to the left, four miles away.
The Story of Florence|Edmund G. Gardner

British Dictionary definitions for prato

Prato

/ (Italian ˈpraːto) /

noun

a walled city in central Italy, in Tuscany: woollen industry. Pop: 172 499 (2001)Official name: Prato in Toscana (in tosˈkaːna)

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