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Definitions for Ferrara
fəˈrɑr əfer·rara

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ferraranoun

    a city in northern Italy

    "in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts"

Wiktionary

  1. Ferraranoun

    A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy, highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

  2. Ferraranoun

    Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

  3. Ferraranoun

    City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.

Wikipedia

  1. Ferrara

    Ferrara (, Italian: [ferˈraːra] (listen); Emilian: Fràra [ˈfraːra]) is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. As of 2016, it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated 44 kilometres (27 miles) northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km (3 miles) north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

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  1. ferrara

    Ferrara is a city located in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is known for its Renaissance-era structures and being the capital of the Province of Ferrara. One of its most famous landmarks is the Este Castle, a large, moated medieval structure in the city center. It is also recognized for its contributions to art and culture, particularly during the Renaissance under the rule of the Este family. The city's historical center has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ferraranoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Ferrara

    Ferrara listen is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 50 km north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance it has been qualified by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Modern times have brought a renewal of industrial activity. Ferrara is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Venice, and has branches to Ravenna, Poggio Rusco and Codigoro. In 2006, due to its important historical significance, Ferrara became the headquarters of the Italian Hermitage Museum. It is the fifth city in the world to have been linked with the Russian museum. From this union was born the Hermitage-Italy Foundation.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ferrara

    fer-ä′ra, n. a make of sword-blade highly esteemed in Scotland from about the close of the 16th century—often Andrea Ferrara—said to have been made at Belluno in Venetia by Cosmo, Andrea, and Gianantonio Ferrara. [Perh. a native of Ferrara, or prob. merely the It. ferrajo, a cutler—L. ferrarius, a smith.]

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.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. ferrara

    A species of broadsword, named after the famous Spanish sword-smith, Andrea Ferrara.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. ferrara

    A city of Italy, and the capital of one of the Æmilian provinces of the same name. It was subdued by the Lombards in the 8th century, and taken from them by Pepin, about 752, who gave it to Pope Stephen II. About 1208 it fell into the hands of the house of Este, and in 1598 Pope Clement VIII. obtained the sovereignty. The French under Masséna took Ferrara in 1796; but it was restored to the pope in 1814. An Austrian garrison held it from 1849; it retired in June, 1859, and the people rose and declared for annexation to Sardinia, which was accomplished in March, 1860.

  2. ferrara

    A sword of excellent temper, made of steel from Ferrara, Italy. The kind most prized was manufactured by Andrea di Ferrara; hence such a sword was often called an Andrea-Ferrara.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FERRARA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ferrara is ranked #2635 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ferrara surname appeared 13,669 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Ferrara.

    93.2% or 12,752 total occurrences were White.
    4.5% or 615 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 122 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 90 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 72 total occurrences were Black.
    0.1% or 18 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ferrara in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ferrara in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Ferrara in a Sentence

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    Given the security conditions and reduced staffing, the Embassy's ability to assist Nicole Ferrara citizens in Afghanistan is extremely limited even within Kabul.

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