Abruzzi
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A·bruz·zo
(ä-bro͞ot′sō, ə-) also A·bruz·zi (-sē) A region of central Italy bordering on the Adriatic Sea. Mostly mountainous, it includes Mount Corno, the highest peak of the Apennines.
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Abruzzi
(Italian aˈbruttsi) orAbruzzo
n
(Placename) a region of S central Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic. Capital: Aquila. Pop: 1 273 284 (2003 est). Area: 10 794 sq km (4210 sq miles)
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A•bruz•zi
(əˈbrut si)n.
a region in central Italy, on the Adriatic. 1,263,000; 4168 sq. mi. (10,794 sq. km).
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Noun | 1. | Abruzzi - a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic 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 Aquila degli Abruzzi, L'Aquila, Aquila - the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy |
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