Vicenza

[ vee-chen-dzah ]

/ viˈtʃɛn dzɑ /

noun

a city in central Venezia, in NE Italy.

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advocate

to give up possession or occupancy of.

to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly.

to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.

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Example sentences from the Web for vicenza

He was awaiting his preliminary criminal hearing in that case in a civil court in Vicenza when the latest incident took place.
U.S. Soldiers, Accused of Rape in Italy, Hope to Go Free in America|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is recovering in the same small hospital in Vicenza where the Romanian woman has been treated for her injuries.
U.S. Soldiers, Accused of Rape in Italy, Hope to Go Free in America|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We shot 150 hours of video and then interviewed eight of the soldiers after they had returned to their base in Vicenza, Italy.
The Right and Left Are Wrong About My Movie|Sebastian Junger|July 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Born at Vicenza, he had the bringing-up and education of a gentleman.
Idling in Italy|Joseph Collins

John of Vicenza began his preaching in Bologna during the year 1233.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)|John Addington Symonds
The Duke of Vicenza gave the particulars of this desertion, which seemed to affect his Majesty more than all the other news.
The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Constant
They are full of enthusiasm; this time was no treason, no Vicenza, no Novara, no Milan.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli
The author's real name was Camillo Scrofa, a humanist and schoolmaster of Vicenza.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for vicenza

Vicenza

/ (Italian viˈtʃɛntsa) /

noun

a city in NE Italy, in Veneto: home of the 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and site of some of his finest works. Pop: 107 223 (2001)

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