Umbria

American  

[uhm-bree-uh, oom-bree-ah] / ˈʌm bri ə, ˈum bri ɑ /

noun

1. an ancient district in central and N Italy.

2. a region in central Italy. 3,270 sq. mi. (8,470 sq. km).

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Umbria British  

/ ˈʌmbrɪə, ˈumbrja /

noun

1. a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the Tiber. Pop: 834 210 (2003 est). Area: 8456 sq km (3265 sq miles)

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Umbria

England, Italy, France and the Netherlands, here they are returned to Umbria for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

She once traced a pear to a village in southern Umbria after reading about it in the diary of a musical band director.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

She still lives in the Umbria region near where she grew up, a town called Castel Giorgio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

For the project, Zuchtriegel tapped a master dyer based in Umbria, Claudio Cutuli, who uses dyes he makes from plants in his own clothing line.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

But the thinness of the clay layer clearly suggested that in Umbria, if nowhere else, something rather more abrupt had happened.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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