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Umbria   /ˈəmbriə/   Listen
Umbria

noun
1.
A mountainous region in central Italy.





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"Umbria" Quotes from Famous Books



... of their great steamships, the Etruria and the Umbria, and there are every kind of vessels that wuz ever hearn on, for trade, pleasure, or war, and all kinds of Oriental ships, and all kinds of craft that ever floated in every ocean and ...
— Samantha at the World's Fair • Marietta Holley
... All the universe is God's temple, yet the chill breath of the abstract freezes our hearts; and we pray best in some pillared niche consecrated and set apart, I recall a day in Umbria, when the wonderful light of sunset fell on ilex and olive, on mountain snows, on valleys billowing between vine-mantled hills, on creamy marble walls, on columned campaniles; and standing there, ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson
... Chrypffs or Krebs, was born at Kues on the Mosel in 1401, and died at Todi, Umbria, August 11, 1464. He held positions of honor in the church, including the bishopric of Brescia. He was made a cardinal in 1448. He wrote several works on mathematics, his Opuscula varia appearing about 1490, probably at Strasburg, but published without date or place. His Opera ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) • Augustus De Morgan


Words linked to "Umbria" :   Italian region, Italian Republic, Italy, Italia


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