Pisa (disambiguation) — Pisa or PISA may refer to: *Pisa, a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Pisa and during the 10th ndash;11th centuries of the independent state known as the Republic of Pisa. *Leaning Tower of Pisa, a famous landmark in that… … Wikipedia
Pisa — [pē′zə; ] It [ pē′sä] commune in Tuscany, W Italy, on the Arno River: famous for its Leaning Tower: pop. 98,000 Pisan [pē′zən] adj., n … English World dictionary
Pisa — Infobox CityIT img coa = Pisa Stemma.png official name = it. Comune di Pisa name = Pisa region = Toscana province = Pisa (PI) elevation m = 4 area total km2 = 185 population as of = December 31, 2005 population total = 90482 population density… … Wikipedia
Pisa — Pisan, adj., n. /pee zeuh/; It. /pee zah/, n. a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower. 384,878. * * * ancient Pisae City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 85,379), central Italy. Located on the Arno River, Pisa probably began as an Etruscan town … Universalium
PISA — (38), on the Arno, 49 m. by rail W. of Florence, is one of the oldest cities in Italy; formerly a port, the river has built up the land at its mouth so that the sea is now 4 m. off, and the ancient trade of Pisa has been transferred to Leghorn … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Pisa — Italian maritime republic in Tuscany on the Arno River. Byzantium (q.v.) used Pisa, like Genoa (q.v.), as a counterweight to the rising commercial power of Venice (q.v.). In 1111 Alexios I Komnenos (q.v.) extended Pisa trading privileges that… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
River Arno — noun a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea • Syn: ↑Arno, ↑Arno River • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river • Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
PISA — A coastal settlement near the delta of the Arno River in North Etruria with nearby evidence of occupation in the Final Bronze Age and Villanovan period followed by evidence of considerable trade by the Archaic period from the rest of Etruria,… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
Pisa — Pi•sa [[t]ˈpi zə, zɑ[/t]] n. geg a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower. 103,527 Pi′san, adj. n … From formal English to slang
Pisa — /ˈpizə/ (say peezuh) noun a city in western central Italy, on the river Arno; famous for the Leaning Tower …
