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• Florence
  ...pulation in excess of 200,000 persons. A centre of medieval [[Europe]]an [[trade]] and [[finance]], the city is often considered the birthplace of the [[Ita ...E]] of a settlement for [[Roman Republic|Roman]] former soldiers, with the name '''Florentia'''. [[Julius Caesar]] had allocated the fertile soil of the va
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• Lombardia
  |Full name ||Regione Lombardia ...nstruction of a wide array of roads and the development of agriculture and trade. Important figures like [[Pliny the Elder]] (in [[Como]]) and [[Virgil]] (i
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• Bozen-Bolzano
  ...i'''. The city name later became '''Bauzanum'''. Bozen-Bolzano has been a trade city since its foundation and elevation to a city over 800 years ago, thank ...er von der Vogelweide]] Platz, with a statue of the minstrel with the same name (''Minnesänger'' in German),
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• Bozen
  ...i'''. The city name later became '''Bauzanum'''. Bozen-Bolzano has been a trade city since its foundation and elevation to a city over 800 years ago, thank ...er von der Vogelweide]] Platz, with a statue of the minstrel with the same name (''Minnesänger'' in German),
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• Pisa
  ...tus|Augustus]] fortified the colony into an important port and changed the name in ''Colonia Iulia obsequens''. From 313 it became the seat of a bishopric. ...mperor [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] granted them the right to name their own consuls, advised by a Council of Elders. This was simply a confir
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• Coordinated Universal Time
  For most practical and legal-trade purposes, the fractional difference between UTC and UT (or GMT) is inconseq
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• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  ...rized: [[Cividale del Friuli]] – the Roman [[Forum Iulii]] (from which the name Friuli comes) – became the capital of the first [[Longobard]] Dukedom in ...centre worldwide for the trade of coffee and plays a strategic key role in trade with northern and eastern Europe.
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• Touring
  ...jority in '''Carrozzeria Falco''' (1925), which he turned into the Touring name, Ponzoni becoming the head of administration. Falco belonged to [[Vittorio ...mobile design]]er than a car constructor, and learned the mechanics of the trade as the company progressed. The company licensed [[Charles Terres Weymann|Ch
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• Olive oil
  ...sted. [http://www.cooc.com The California Olive Oil Council], a private US trade group, is petitioning the Department to adopt terminology and practices tha ...classical Rome]]. According to legend, the city of [[Athens]] obtained its name because Athenians considered olive oil more essential than water, thus pref
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• Pirelli Calendar
  ...ecome an annual publication that belies its origin in [[1964]] as merely a trade calendar published by the [[Pirelli]] company's UK subsidiary.
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• Savio
  ...9 by the two [[Savio]] brothers, Antonio and Giuseppe. Having learnt their trade working for Alessio, they started in [[Via Tiziano]] 38 by completing 600 b
  7 KB (1,153 words) - 09:26, 5 December 2010
• Suicide door
  ...familiar to many English-speakers and often used openly in the custom-car trade.
  7 KB (1,030 words) - 09:25, 7 October 2009
• Gasoline
  ...e]] and their eggs. In those early times, the word "Petrol" was a [[trade name]]. This treatment method is no longer common, due to the inherent fire haz ...previously referred to unrefined petroleum), and was registered as a trade name by English wholesaler Carless, Capel & Leonard.
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• Fiberglass
  ...]] as a material to be used as insulation. It is marketed under the trade name '''Fiberglas''' (sic), which has become a [[genericized trademark]]. ...hen cooled quickly, they will be unable to form an ordered structure. <ref name="Gupta">{{cite book | last = Gupta | first = V.B. | coauthors = V.K. Kot
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• Ship
  * [[Collier]] A vessel designed for the coal trade. * [[Knarr]] A type of Viking trade ship
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• Italian wine
  ...e reciprocated in exchange for more slaves, especially from [[Gaul]] where trade was intense, according to [[Pliny The Elder|Pliny]], due to the inhabitants *[[Nebbiolo]] - The most noble of Italy's varietals. The name (meaning "little fog") refers to the autumn fog that blankets most of Piedm
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• Southern Italy
  ...with generally poor agricultural conditions, fell further behind. Sicily's trade fell primarily under [[Catalan people|Catalan]] control and by the 14th C. ...s not to pay taxes and pensions, reported to be as high as 30% of GDP.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> If the economy of some Southern regions (i.e. Campania an
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• Venice
  ...]s, as well as a very important centre of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]]. ...buffer against belligerent neighbors, partly to guarantee [[Alps|Alpine]] trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland [[wheat]], on which the
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• Gilera
  ...of Monza and Brianza|provincia di Monza]]. The first motion to carry this name was '' VT 317 ''. ...ned but only a beautiful prototype having had then a continuation does not trade them.
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• Rapid
  ...spano Suiza. In 1920, his son who had thoughtlessly baptized with the same name and was told to stand, Ernest, founded SAGiovanni Ceirano, current Lecce, b ...e Cars Rapid, already Ceirano & C., in order to engage in the industry and trade in automobiles. For the season 1905 the Company Cars will be in Turin Rapid
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