PISTOIA

Meaning of PISTOIA in English

Pronunciation: p ē - ' st ō -yä

Function: geographical name

commune cen Italy NW of Florence pop 87,275

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PISTOIA — geographical name commune central Italy NW of Florence population 87,275
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PISTOIA — /pee staw"yah/ , n. a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy. 263,752.
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PISTOIA — geographical name commune central Italy NW of Florence population 87,275
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PISTOIA — Latin Pistoria, city and capital of Pistoia province, in the Tuscany (Toscana) regione, north-central Italy. Pistoia city lies in the …
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