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 Definitions of Ferrara  [əˈrɑr ə]  

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Definition of 'Ferrara' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Ferrara
a city in N Italy, near the Po River. 143,046.


Definition of 'Ferrara' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Ferrara
a sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries


Definitions of 'Ferrara' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Ferrara
a broadsword bearing the name of Andrea Ferrara, one of an Italian family famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the quality of their swords.

2.  Ferrara
a fortified and walled Italian city, capital of the province of the name, situated on a low and marshy plain between the dividing branches of the Po, 30 m. from the Adriatic; it has many fine ecclesiastical buildings and a university founded in 1264, with a library of 100,000 vols., but now a mere handful of students; a fine old Gothic castle, the residence of the Estes (q. v.), still stands; it was the birthplace of Savonarola, and the sometime dwelling-place of Tasso and Ariosto; once populous and prosperous, it has now fallen into decay.



'Ferrara' - Nearby Entries  

feroher  ferous  ferrandine  ferrara  ferrarese  ferrary  



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