Ferrara
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- proper noun
- Ferrara and Bologna have joined the alliance against Your Holiness.
- the city of Ferrara
- the Council of Ferrara
Examples
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Everyone bikes in Ferrara, even the police and ladies in high stilettos!
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A decade or two later, a similar cycle for the Duomo of nearby Ferrara took the Antelami model further.
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The name of the town is Ferrara and it's right around here.
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Its important location and naval trading made Ferrara a major city back then.
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After the First World War, in 1918, he moved to Ferrara, Italy.
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A fun fact about Ferrara is that it became a major city thanks to the Po River.
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The duke of Ferrara.
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Rossoni was born in 1884 in the town of Tresigallo in Ferrara.
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In it lived the d'Este family (after 1476), who ruled Ferrara from 1208 to 1598.
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The city of Ferrara is famous for its beautiful Renaissance buildings and rich cultural history.
Compounds
A meeting of Catholic church leaders from 1431 to 1449 to discuss reforms and unity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ferrara comes from the Latin word ferrum, meaning 'iron'. So the name originally meant a 'place of iron' or 'ironworks', which helps explain the city's old link to iron even though today it is best known for its Renaissance art.