Varese

¹ American  

[vah-re-ze, vuh-rey-zee, -see] / vɑˈrɛ zɛ, vəˈreɪ zi, -si /

noun

1. a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.

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Varèse ² American  

[vuh-reyz, -rez, va-rez] / vəˈreɪz, -ˈrɛz, vaˈrɛz /

noun

1. Edgard 1885–1965, U.S. composer, born in France.

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Varese ¹ British  

/ vaˈreːse /

noun

1. a historic city in N Italy, in Lombardy near Lake Varese: manufacturing centre, esp for leather goods. Pop: 80 511 (2001)

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Varèse ² British  

/ væˈrɛz /

noun

1. Edgar ( d ) (ɛdɡar). 1883–1965, US composer, born in France. His works, which combine extreme dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques, include Ionisation (1931) and Poème électronique (1958)

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Example Sentences

He described her death as "a great loss for Italy, Lombardy and for the province of Varese where she was born and lived".

From BBC

He lives in Varese, Italy, north of Milan.

From New York Times

Varese put it this way: Before the piano, there may have been many potential Mozarts.

From Los Angeles Times

They were assigned from there to Sardinia, where they would wait for visas that would allow them to settle in a location closer to where Husaini hoped to land: in Varese, near the high-altitude Alps.

From Washington Post

Another closely watched city is Varese, where Salvini will be banking on holding on to the traditional League stronghold close to the Swiss border.

From Reuters