Orvieto

//ɔːˈvjɛt.əʊ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A white wine from that town. countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy.

Example

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"From Florence, in March of this same year, our master made his way to Perugia, where he drew the balance of his pay for the Sistine frescoes; and then, prudently avoiding Orvieto, went on south to Rome, where we have seen that Pinturicchio had now established himself, together with the Florentine Filippino Lippi, and had found many commissions."

Etymology

From Italian Orvieto, from Latin Urbs Vetus (literally “old city”).

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Orvieto warewhite wine

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