Emilia is an Italian historical region which approximately corresponds to modern
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Emilia — may refer to any of the following:*People ** Emilia of Gaeta, duchess of Gaeta ** Emilia Rydberg, Swedish pop singer ** Emilia Kabakov, artist, wife of Ilya Kabakov ** Emilia (Bulgarian singer) ** Emilia (Finnish actress), a Finnish erotic… … Wikipedia
Emilia-Romagna — Region of Italy; capital Bologna … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
Emilia-Romagna — Infobox Region of Italy name = Emilia Romagna fullname = Regione Emilia Romagna isocode = capital = Bologna status = Region governor = Vasco Errani ( Democratic Party ) zone = CNorthern Italy province = 9 municipality = 341 arearank = 5th area =… … Wikipedia
Emilia-Romagna — /e mee lyah rddaw mah nyah/, n. a region in N Italy. 3,948,135; 8547 sq. mi. (22,135 sq. km). * * * Autonomous region (pop., 2001 prelim.: 3,960,549), northern Italy. It covers an area of 8,542 sq mi (22,123 sq km); its chief city and capital is… … Universalium
ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Emilia — noun a) a rare latinized variant of Emily. Emily was preserved and erased, reduced to the sexless cypher E. , and then came to denote not the shared and ordinary name Emily but a new, exotic, self begotten Emilia . No longer masculine Francis but … Wiktionary
Emilia-Romagna — or formerly Emilia or ancient Aemilia geographical name region N Italy bounded by the Po, the Adriatic, & the Apennines capital Bologna area 8543 square miles (22,126 square kilometers), population 3,921,597 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
Emilia-Romagna — [ā mēl′yä΄rō män′yä΄] region in NC Italy, near the head of the Adriatic: 8,541 sq mi (22,121 sq km); pop. 3,910,000; cap. Bologna … English World dictionary
