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ABRUZZI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Abruzzi mean? 

ABRUZZI (noun)
  The noun ABRUZZI has 1 sense:

1. a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriaticplay

  Familiarity information: ABRUZZI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABRUZZI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Abruzzi; Abruzzi e Molise

Instance hypernyms:

Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Abruzzi"):

Aquila; Aquila degli Abruzzi; L'Aquila (the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy)

Holonyms ("Abruzzi" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)


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