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Vercelli

American  
[ver-chel-ee, ver-, ver-chel-lee] / vɛrˈtʃɛl i, vər-, vɛrˈtʃɛl li /

noun

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


Vercelli British  
/ verˈtʃɛlli /

noun

  1. a city in NW Italy, in Piedmont: an ancient Ligurian and later Roman city; has an outstanding library of manuscripts (notably the Codex Vercellensis, dating from the 10th century). Pop: 45 132 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Farmers are also "very worried" on the Piedmont side of the valley, near the town of Vercelli, according to Roberto Guerrini, the 55-year-old head of the local Coldiretti branch.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

F1 driver Valtteri Bottas supported the vehicle’s tuning at the Balocco Proving Ground in the Vercelli province of Italy.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023

Pellielo’s parents were rice farmers in Vercelli, a tree-lined town of 46,000 about 50 miles west of Milan that is Europe’s leading rice producer.

From New York Times May 22, 2021

Donata Vercelli, professor of cellular and molecular medicine at the University of Arizona, also studies how these ancient microbes affect our health.

From Washington Post Sep. 27, 2019

But four crusades, directed by the bishop of Vercelli, were required to reduce the little army of the heresiarch, entrenched in the mountains in the neighbourhood of Vercelli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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