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Modenese

Modenese

9.2
A person from Modena in northern Italy
  • noun
  • /ˌmoʊdəˈneɪz/
: modenés
  • During our trip to Italy, we met a Modenese chef who taught us how to make authentic pasta.

Examples

  • A younger son of an elite Modenese family, Rangone had been brought to Rome in the train of Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici in 1512.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Giovanni is a proud Modenese who loves to share stories about his hometown.

  • Many Modenese people take great pride in their rich culinary traditions.

Synonyms

Italian
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A person born in or living in Italy

is someone from a specific city within that country rather than nationwide

Surface Forms

Modenese singular
Modeneses plural

Morphology

Modenese = Modena (transparent) = Modena + ese

Standard demonym formation: place name + '-ese' yields a noun meaning a person from that place.

Etymology

Modenese names a person from the Italian city Modena, using the ending -ese to mean 'from' a place, as in Portuguese or Chinese. So calling someone a Modenese simply means they are from Modena.