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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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A sleeping giant must have experienced some element of former glory and Pro Vercelli are the obvious candidate there, winning seven Italian titles by 1922.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

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

Perhaps the last in the list of this school was Vicolungo di Vercelli.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi

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